Augmented Split-TCP over Wireless LANs

This paper introduces a new split-TCP approach for improving TCP performance over IEEE 802.11-based wireless LANs. TCP over wireless LANs is not aggressive, which is a fundamental reason for poor performance. We propose augmented split-TCP (AS-TCP) to mitigate this problem. Our scheme extends the split-connection approach that divides a connection into two different connections at a split point such as an access point. Using AS-TCP, a mobile host emulates TCP ACK packets using MAC ACK frames, instead of receiving real TCP ACK packets. We compared AS-TCP with both normal TCP and I-TCP (indirect TCP) by simulation. Results show that AS-TCP achieves higher throughput, fairer resource allocation and, in power-saving mode, shorter delays.