Title :
Reliable end-to-end communication in the tactical ATM environment
Author :
Miller, Gregory J. ; Schult, Nancy L.
Author_Institution :
Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
Abstract :
Techniques for providing reliable end-to-end communication in the tactical ATM environment. Our simulation study considers enhancements to the physical layer, medium access control (MAC) sublayer, and the TCP protocol, while our testbed experiments focus solely on TCP extensions. In both cases, we measure the end-to-end performance as a function of delay and bit-error rate. We find that link-level automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanisms, large TCP windows, and the use of selective acknowledgments can improve end-to-end throughput performance in the tactical ATM environment
Keywords :
access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; automatic repeat request; delays; error statistics; land mobile radio; military communication; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; ARQ; MAC sublayer; TCP protocol; bit-error rate; delay; end-to-end throughput performance; large TCP windows; link-level automatic repeat request mechanisms; medium access control sublayer; physical layer; reliable end-to-end communication; selective acknowledgments; tactical ATM environment; Automatic repeat request; Bandwidth; Data communication; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1996. MILCOM '96, Conference Proceedings, IEEE
Conference_Location :
McLean, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3682-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1996.568602
