Uppsala universitet

Cross-layer Analysis of TCP Performance in a 4G System.

Stefan Alfredsson, Karlstad University, Anna Brunström, Karlstad University, and Mikael Sternad, Uppsala University.

2007 International Conference on Software, Telecommunikcations and Computer Networks, SoftCOM, Spit-Dubrovnik, 27-29 September 2007.


Abstract:
This paper presents results from an experimental study of TCP in a wireless 4G evaluation system. Test-bed results on transport layer performance are presented and analyzed in relation to several link layer aspects. The aspects investigated are the impact of channel prediction errors, channel scheduling, delay, and adaptive modulation switch level, on TCP performance.

The paper contributes a cross-layer analysis of the interaction between symbol modulation levels, different scheduling strategies, channel prediction errors and the resulting frame retransmissions effect on TCP. The paper also shows that highly persistent ARQ with fast link retransmissions do not interact negatively with the TCP retransmission timer even for short round trip delays.

Related publications:
ISWCS-08-paper describing performance for delay-sensitive applications.
ISWCS-06-paper describing the emulator methodology.

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