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 behavior of wireless application protocol (WAP) over wireless links is proposed. A Rayleigh fading channel model is used to characterize the behavior of the wireless channel. Mathematical expressions that 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 improved by increasing the WAP packet group size, but the significance of the improvement depends on the underlying channel condition.
Keywords :
Internet; Markov processes; Rayleigh channels; mobile computing; mobile radio; performance evaluation; protocols; Internet; Rayleigh fading channel model; WAP; bursty error environment; goodput; modeling; packet group size; performance; random error environment; wireless application protocol; wireless links; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Computer errors; Fading; IP networks; Performance analysis; TCPIP; Web and internet services; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Journal_Title :
Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMC.2003.1233528
