Link layer buffer size distributions for HTTP and FTP applications in an IS-2000 system

Author

Khan, Farooq ; Kumar, Sarath ; Medepalli, Kamesh ; Nanda, Sanjiv

Author_Institution

Dept. of Performance Anal., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

955

Abstract

We provide link layer new data and retransmission buffer size distributions for HTTP and FTP applications in an IS-2000 system. The results are given for different TCP window size, TCP segment size, air link FER and data rates. For HTTP application, the number of parallel TCP connections is limited to either 1 or 4. We found that smaller (larger) new data buffers (retransmission buffers) are required at higher data rates. Moreover, for error free transmission over the air link, a large fraction of data (from TCP window) stays in the new data buffers while for the case of link errors, the retransmission buffer size is also large. The maximum retransmission buffer size is a function of the air link RTT (i.e. number of rounds of RLP NAKs) and is independent of the link error rate

Keywords

buffer storage; cellular radio; radio links; transport protocols; FTP application; HTTP application; IS-2000 system; TCP segment size; TCP window size; air link FER; air link RTT; cellular radio; data rates; error free transmission; link error rate; link errors; link layer buffer size distributions; new data buffer size; parallel TCP connections; retransmission buffer size; Access protocols; Buffer storage; Computer buffers; Error analysis; Explosions; Media Access Protocol; Performance analysis; Quality of service; Radio link; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2000. IEEE-VTS Fall VTC 2000. 52nd

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6507-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2000.887139

Filename

887139