DocumentCode :
3444502
Title :
Impact of Error Characteristics of an Indoor 802.11g WLAN on TCP Retransmissions
Author :
Taank, Ritesh ; Peng, Xiao-Hong
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., Aston Univ., Birmingham
fYear :
2008
fDate :
12-14 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
In this paper we present the results of extensive measurements made over an experimental wired-to-wireless testbed, which consisted of a TCP protocol combined with a real-world indoor IEEE 802.11g WLAN. We investigated the effects of signal attenuation due to client distance from the AP on the 802.11 frame error rates (FER) and consequently on the segment loss rates and retransmission behavior of TCP at the sender in the fixed network. Specifically, we experimented with different modulation schemes belonging to the OFDM 802.11g PHY in order to gauge differences in performance between them, comparing real-world FERs calculated from actual frame captures against SNR, for both the forward and reverse WLAN channel directions. We also present real-world distributions of frame retransmissions made over the WLAN by the AP, with useful findings. Our results confirm that the reverse channel of a WLAN possesses a higher FER than the forward channel, and poses a greater threat to TCP´s retransmission mechanism.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; error statistics; indoor radio; transport protocols; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11g WLAN; OFDM; TCP protocol; TCP retransmissions; error characteristics; forward channel; frame error rates; indoor wireless local area network; modulation; reverse channel; segment loss rates; signal attenuation effects; wired-to-wireless testbed; Adaptive systems; Communication networks; Error analysis; Internet; Physical layer; Testing; Web server; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1081
Filename :
4678989
Link To Document :
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