Title :
The effects of adaptive modulation on the TCP performance
Author :
Zou, Li ; Zhao, Yuping ; Wang, Bing ; Qinglin Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
29 June-1 July 2002
Abstract :
To increase the link layer throughput, 802.16 Working Group defines the application of adaptive modulation in Broadband Wireless Access System (BWA). On the other hand.. the transport layer performance can be specified, for example, by Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput. In this paper we analyse the link layer throughput by using adaptive modulation, as well as the TCP performance. Furthermore, the joint consideration of the data link layer and transport layer performance over a BWA network is discussed. The simulation results showed that the adaptive modulation in link layer could improve the TCP throughputs. In addition, criteria for the modulation selection considering both transport layer and link layer is given.
Keywords :
adaptive modulation; broadband networks; error statistics; quality of service; transport protocols; 802.16 Working Group; BWA; Broadband Wireless Access System; TCP performance; Transmission Control Protocol; adaptive modulation; data link layer; link layer throughput; modulation selection; Access protocols; Adaptive coding; Bit error rate; Modulation coding; OFDM modulation; Quality of service; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Time division multiplexing; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Circuits and Systems and West Sino Expositions, IEEE 2002 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7547-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCAS.2002.1180616
