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Impact of 4G Wireless Link Configurations on VoIP Network Performance.

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

IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2008, ISWCS2008, October 21-24, Reykjavik, Iceland. © IEEE


Abstract:
The performance of applications in wireless networks is partly dependent upon the link configuration. Link characteristics varies with frame retransmission persistency, link frame retransmission delay, adaptive modulation strategies, coding, and more. The link configuration and channel conditions can lead to packet loss, delay and delay variations, which impact different applications in different ways.

A bulk transfer application may tolerate delays to a large extent, while packet loss is undesirable. On the other hand, real-time interactive applications are sensitive to delay and delay variations, but may tolerate packet loss to a certain extent.

This paper contributes a study of the effect of link frame retransmission persistency and delay on packet loss and latency for real-time interactive applications. The results indicate that a reliable retransmission mechanism with fast link retransmissions in the range of 2-8 ms is sufficient to provide an upper delay bound of 50 ms over the wireless link, which is well within the delay budget of voice over IP applications.

Related publications:
SoftCom07-paper, analysing link- and transport layer performance interactions.
ISWCS06-paper describing the emulator methodology.

Source:
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