Title :
Modeling and analysis of WAP performance over wireless links
Author :
Rutagemwa, Humphrey ; Shen, Xuemin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, an analytical model for studying the performance of wireless application protocol (WAP) over wireless links is proposed. A Rayleigh fading channel is used to characterize the behavior of wireless channel. Mathematical expressions which represent the performance of WAP as a function of the protocol and the channel parameters are derived. Computer simulation results are presented to validate the analytical results. It is shown that WAP performs better in a bursty error environment than in a random error environment. The goodput of WAP can be increased by increasing the WAP packet group size, but the significance of the improvement depends on the underlying channel condition.
Keywords :
Internet; Rayleigh channels; mobile computing; mobile radio; packet radio networks; protocols; radio links; Rayleigh fading channels; WAP performance analysis; analytical model; bursty error environment; channel parameters; packet group size; random error environment; wireless application protocol; wireless channels; wireless links; Access protocols; Analytical models; Base stations; Fading; IP networks; Performance analysis; TCPIP; Web and internet services; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7700-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200646
