Title :
Accelerating short transfers in 802.11 networks
Author :
Arcia-Moret, Andres ; Montavont, Nicolas ; Castignani, German
Author_Institution :
T/ICT4D Lab., Int. Centre for Theor. Phys. (ICTP), Italy
Abstract :
The legacy bandwidth discovery phase of TCP spends an unnecessary number of RTTs for reaching the fair share of the network. In this article we introduce a simple modification at the receiver that splits the TCP ACKs in a controlled manner. This mechanism allows to fast ramp-up the TCP congestion window. Our experiments performed in a real testbed show benefits not only in the increased data throughput but also in a non-congested uplink (Acknowledgement) path in an 802.11 access.
Keywords :
radio receivers; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 networks; TCP ACK; TCP congestion window; data throughput; legacy bandwidth discovery phase; noncongested uplink path; short transfers; Acceleration; Bandwidth; Handover; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Throughput; Uplink;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Days (WD), 2013 IFIP
Conference_Location :
Valencia
DOI :
10.1109/WD.2013.6686493
