Project WISQY: a measurement-based end-to-end application-level performance comparison of 2.5G and 3G networks

Author

Reichl, Peter ; Umlauft, M.

Author_Institution

ftw.-Telecommun. Res. Center, Vienna, Austria

fYear

2005

fDate

April 28-30, 2005

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

14

Abstract

The imminent transition from 2.5G to 3G networks is generally considered to be a keystone for the future economic success of mobile telecommunications. This paper presents a practical comparison of GRPS and UMTS network performance, based on measurements in the live network of Mobilkom Austria and comparing the results to dedicated lab trials. Starting from raw TCP/IP download and upload transfer rates and ICMP Ping round-trip-times, we end up with page response times and file transfer rates for simulated HTTP/1.0 scenarios. The presented results are especially interesting for a realistic calibration of forthcoming 3G and beyond simulation tools.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; IP networks; hypermedia; packet radio networks; quality of service; transport protocols; 2.5G network; 3G network; HTTP-1.0 scenario; ICMP Ping round-trip-time; Internet protocol; Mobilkom Austria; TCP-IP download; WISQY; file transfer rate; mobile telecommunication; transmission control protocol; wireless intersystem quality of service; 3G mobile communication; Communication industry; Delay; Environmental economics; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Industrial economics; Performance gain; System testing; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2005

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8856-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WTS.2005.1524757

Filename

1524757