Server side round-trip delay measurements in WAP environments

Wireless Internet access is one of highest increasing service segments in telecom area. It offers the freedom of mobility and mass information backbone to the user. Providing general service quality framework around the system is necessary for a lot of reasons. Measurements and continuous monitoring of network performance is one of the key element of such framework. The methods developed for performance measurements in normal Internet environment cannot be directly applied due to the different properties of the wireless client terminals, used protocol stack and the server content. However, the methodology is usable and with the appropriate modifications the required procedures can be defined. The paper deals with the definition and implementation of the measurements and monitoring of the round trip delay in a WAP based wireless access environment