The Effect of the RTS/CTS Handshake on TCP

Author

Papanastasiou, Stylianos ; Ould-Khaoua, Mohamed ; Charissis, Vassilis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Glasgow Univ., Glasgow

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 May 2007

Firstpage

940

Lastpage

946

Abstract

Previous research enquiries into TCP performance in MANETs have largely assumed that the 802.11 RTS/CTS mechanism remains in full effect throughout the connection time. In this work we evaluate the effects on TCP goodput of utilising other modes of operation for the 802.11 handshake whilst remaining compliant with the original specification. To identify the source of the goodput discrepancies amongst the different modes of operation we introduce two new metrics to characterise spatial connection along a TCP connection and then use them to account for TCP goodput in string and mesh topologies when using different RTS/CTS strategies.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; transport protocols; 802.11 RTS/CTS mechanism; 802.11 handshake; MANET; RTS/CTS handshake; RTS/CTS strategies; TCP; Communication standards; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Network topology; Protection; Robustness; Spread spectrum communication; Standards development; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, 2007, AINAW '07. 21st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, Ont.

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2847-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AINAW.2007.352

Filename

4224227