Optimizing TCP/IP parameters over GPRS and WLAN networks

Author

Calveras, A. ; Paradells, J. ; Gómez, C. ; Catalan, M. ; Vallés, J.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telemathics Eng., Polithecnic Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelone, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2569

Abstract

The growth of both the Internet and mobile systems provides the way for wireless access to the Internet. Internet based applications are mostly based on a reliable transport service, TCP (transmission control protocol), which is one of the responsible for applications performance. In this paper we characterize two currently available radio access links, the general packet radio service (GPRS) and the IEEE 802.11b standards, at the IP level, and we show the effects and optimization of some TCP parameters in these networks.

Keywords

IEEE standards; Internet; mobile radio; optimisation; packet radio networks; radio access networks; radio links; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; wireless LAN; GPRS; IEEE 802.11b standard; IP level; IP parameter; Internet; TCP; WLAN network; general packet radio service; mobile system; optimization; radio access link; reliable transport service; transmission control protocol; wireless access; Automatic repeat request; Bit error rate; Delay; Forward error correction; Ground penetrating radar; IP networks; Protocols; TCPIP; Web and internet services; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1286006

Filename

1286006