Title :
The impact of wireless LAN security on performance of different Windows operating systems
Author :
Kolahi, Samad S. ; Narayan, Shaneel ; Nguyen, D.D.T. ; Sunarto, Yonathan ; Mani, Paul
Author_Institution :
UNITEC, Auckland
Abstract :
This paper investigates the impact of various encryption techniques (WEP-64, WEP-128 and WPA) on performance of wireless LANs for Windows operating systems (Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista) and for both TCP and UDP protocols. The parameters considered are throughput and response time. The results indicate that security mechanism does influence the wireless performance and different operating systems provide various results.
Keywords :
cryptography; transport protocols; wireless LAN; TCP protocols; UDP protocols; WEP-128; WEP-64; WPA; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows operating systems; encryption techniques; wireless LAN security; Communication system security; Cryptography; Delay; Monitoring; Operating systems; Performance analysis; Testing; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Windows operating system; Wireless; performance; response time; throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 2008. ISCC 2008. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2702-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1346
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2008.4625636
