On the Impact of RLC Layer Configuration Parameters in UMTS Internet Access

Author

Cano-García, J.M. ; González-Parada, E. ; Casilari-Pérez, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Tecnol. Electron., Univ. de Malaga, Malaga

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is the analysis of the interaction between TCP and the UMTS link-level layer (RLC) to determine an optimal configuration for the parameters of both protocols. For this purpose, a Web browsing simulation framework has been considered. This framework includes a Web client accessing to remote HTTP servers through the UTRAN and Internet. The impact of the RLC configuration parameters on the behaviour of the multiple TCP connections simulated under this framework is analysed, showing their effect on Web traffic performance.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Internet; mobile computing; transport protocols; RLC layer configuration parameters; TCP; UMTS Internet access; UMTS link-level layer; UTRAN; Web browsing simulation; Web client; Web traffic performance; multiple TCP connections; remote HTTP servers; 3G mobile communication; Access protocols; Control systems; Degradation; Internet; Propagation losses; Radio access networks; Radio control; Radio link; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC-2006 Fall. 2006 IEEE 64th

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0062-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0063-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCF.2006.475

Filename

4109740