TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios

This paper presents the results of measured TCP performance in one of the commercially deployed live GPRS network in Malaysia under various network scenarios based on userspsila physical locations. End-to-end evaluation of FTP application is used for the assessment. Tracing at the GPRS air interface...

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Main Authors: Othman, A.K., Zakaria, M., K., Ab. Hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2007
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description This paper presents the results of measured TCP performance in one of the commercially deployed live GPRS network in Malaysia under various network scenarios based on userspsila physical locations. End-to-end evaluation of FTP application is used for the assessment. Tracing at the GPRS air interface is done simultaneously, using a proprietary GSM/GPRS air interface testing tool and software. The results show that TCP performance is stable in all scenarios and can adapt fairly well to GPRS mobility and bad channel condition, although at the expense of reduced throughput. TCP imposes its slow start/congestion avoidance mechanism in such situations where packet loss is common. Tuning the TCP parameters to optimise its performance also proves to be beneficial.
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spelling unimas-162882017-05-17T07:35:27Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16288/ TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios Othman, A.K. Zakaria, M. K., Ab. Hamid TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper presents the results of measured TCP performance in one of the commercially deployed live GPRS network in Malaysia under various network scenarios based on userspsila physical locations. End-to-end evaluation of FTP application is used for the assessment. Tracing at the GPRS air interface is done simultaneously, using a proprietary GSM/GPRS air interface testing tool and software. The results show that TCP performance is stable in all scenarios and can adapt fairly well to GPRS mobility and bad channel condition, although at the expense of reduced throughput. TCP imposes its slow start/congestion avoidance mechanism in such situations where packet loss is common. Tuning the TCP parameters to optimise its performance also proves to be beneficial. IEEE 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16288/1/TCP%20Performance%20Measurement%20in%20Different%20GPRS%20Network%20Scenarios%20%28abstract%29.pdf Othman, A.K. and Zakaria, M. and K., Ab. Hamid (2007) TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios. APACE 2007. Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics. ISSN 978-1-4244-1434-5 (Print) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4603985/ DOI: 10.1109/APACE.2007.4603985
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Othman, A.K.
Zakaria, M.
K., Ab. Hamid
TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title_full TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title_fullStr TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title_full_unstemmed TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title_short TCP Performance Measurement in Different GPRS Network Scenarios
title_sort tcp performance measurement in different gprs network scenarios
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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