Efficiency and fairness trade-off for TCP over UMTS-TDD

Author

Baiocchi, Andrea ; Cuomo, Francesca

Author_Institution

INFOCOM Dept., Univ. of Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2110

Abstract

Wireless data and multimedia are rapidly becoming a dominant issue of radio communications. In this context, the support of Internet applications based on the TCP presents several open issues due to the specific nature of the wireless network segment. The aim of this work is to evaluate by a rather detailed simulation model the performance of TCP data transfer over the TD-CDMA scheme of the UMTS TDD radio interface. The distinctive point of view is exploring the limits of a relatively, simple approach, by adopting the MAC/RLC connection oriented mode of operation for bulk, loss sensitive data. Features and parameters values that optimize TCP data transfer are discussed and their benefit quantified

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; cellular radio; code division multiple access; data communication; digital simulation; multimedia communication; multiuser channels; network interfaces; transport protocols; Internet applications; MAC/RLC connection oriented mode; TCP; TCP data transfer; TD-CDMA; UMTS TDD radio interface; bulk loss sensitive data; cellular radio; fairness; multimedia communications; radio communications; simulation model; wireless data communication; wireless network; 3G mobile communication; Bandwidth; Context; Electronic mail; Erbium; IP networks; Media Access Protocol; Radio communication; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7097-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2001.937030

Filename

937030