Title :
Quantification of the Effect of Security on Performance in Wireless LANs
Author :
Begh, Gh Rasool ; Mir, Ajaz Hussain
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Nat. Inst. of Technol. Srinagar (J & K), Srinagar, India
Abstract :
This paper investigates and quantifies the effect of different security protocols on the performance of a wireless LAN. Experiments were performed on a wireless test-bed and the data obtained was analyzed for throughput, delay and packet loss under different security scenarios. Both TCP and UDP traffic streams were analyzed at three different data rates. The effect of congestion is also quantified. The results reveal that no significant degradation in performance occurs by enabling security protocols in a wireless LAN.
Keywords :
telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; wireless LAN; TCP; UDP traffic; congestion effect; security effect quantification; security protocols; wireless LAN; Communication system security; Data analysis; Data security; Delay; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Testing; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Packet Loss; TCP; UDP; WEP; WPA; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies, 2009. SECURWARE '09. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, Glyfada
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3668-2
DOI :
10.1109/SECURWARE.2009.16
