Title :
Comparative performance studies of laboratory Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b,g WEP point-to-point links
Author :
Pacheco de Carvalho, Jose A. R. ; Pacheco, F. F. P. Claudia Ribeiro ; Reis, Antonio D. ; Marques, Nicolas ; Veiga, Helder
Author_Institution :
Unidade de Deteccao Remota, Univ. da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
Abstract :
Wireless communications using microwaves are increasingly important, e.g. Wi-Fi. Performance is a crucial issue, leading to more reliable and efficient communications. Security is equally important. Laboratory measurements are made about several performance aspects of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b, g) WEP point-to-point links. A contribution is given to performance evaluation of this technology under WEP encryption, using two types of equipments (RBTR2 access points from Enterasys Networks and WRT54GL wireless routers from Linksys). Detailed results are presented and discussed, namely at OSI levels 4 and 7, from TCP, UDP and FTP experiments: TCP throughput, jitter, percentage datagram loss and FTP transfer rate. Comparisons are made and conclusions are drawn about the comparative performance of the links.
Keywords :
cryptography; jitter; multi-access systems; radio links; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; transport protocols; wireless LAN; Enterasys network; FTP transfer rate; IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.11g; Linksys; RBTR2 access point; TCP throughput; WEP encryption; WEP point-to-point links; WRT54GL wireless router; Wi-Fi; jitter; microwave; percentage datagram loss; security; wireless communication; IEEE 802.11g Standard; Jitter; Laboratories; Open systems; Throughput; Wireless communication; IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.11g; WEP Point-to-Point Links; WLAN; Wi-Fi; Wireless Network Laboratory Performance;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2011 6th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chaves
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1487-0
