Title :
Evaluation of packet loss effect on throughput unfairness between TCP upflows over IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
Author :
Hirano, Yumi ; Murase, Tutomu
Author_Institution :
NEC Corp., Kawasaki
Abstract :
Throughput unfairness in TCP between upflows over an IEEE 802.11 WLAN is a well known issue. However, this holds true only if the network has no or very little packet loss. The packet loss rate in a wired network is, in fact, not negligible. We quantitatively evaluated the effect of TCP data packet loss in a wired network connected to a wireless LAN. The simulation results show that an increase in the packet loss causes not only TCP throughput degradation but also improvement in fairness between TCP upflows
Keywords :
IEEE standards; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; TCP throughput degradation; TCP upflows; packet loss effect evaluation; throughput unfairness; wired network; Access protocols; Costs; Degradation; Media Access Protocol; National electric code; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; CSMA/CA; IEEE802.11; TCP; fairness; packet loss; throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Telecommunication Technologies, 2008. APSITT. 7th Asia-Pacific Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bandos Island
Print_ISBN :
978-4-88552-226-0
DOI :
10.1109/APSITT.2008.4653575
