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Modeling finite buffer effects on TCP traffic over an IEEE 802.11 infrastructure WLAN

Publication Type : Conference Proceedings

Publisher : 2009 First International Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops

Source : 2009 First International Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops (2009)

Url : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4808870

Keywords : Access point, Buffer storage, Communication system traffic control, Delay estimation, Ethernet networks, File servers, file transfer, finite buffer effect modeling, IEEE 802.11 infrastructure WLAN, Local area networks, Network servers, several station, TCP modeling, TCP over IEEE 802.11 WLANs, TCP traffic, TCP unfairness in WLANs, Telecommunication traffic, Throughput, Traffic control, transport protocols, undelayed ACK case, wireless LAN

Campus : Bengaluru

School : School of Engineering

Department : Electronics and Communication

Year : 2009

Abstract : The network scenario is that of an infrastructure IEEE 802.11 WLAN with a single AP with which several stations (STAs) are associated. The AP has a finite size buffer for storing packets. In this scenario, we consider TCP controlled upload and download file transfers between the STAs and a server on the wireline LAN (e.g., 100 Mbps Ethernet) to which the AP is connected. In such a situation, it is known (see, for example, [3], [9]) that because of packet loss due to finite buffers at the AP, upload file transfers obtain larger throughputs than download transfers. We provide an analytical model for estimating the upload and download throughputs as a function of the buffer size at the AP. We provide models for the undelayed and delayed ACK cases for a TCP that performs loss recovery only by timeout, and also for TCP Reno.

Cite this Research Publication : O. Bhardwaj, Sharma, G. V. V., Manoj Kumar Panda, and Kumar, A., “Modeling finite buffer effects on TCP traffic over an IEEE 802.11 infrastructure WLAN”, 2009 First International Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops. 2009.

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