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Improving TCP Performance Over 802.11 WLAN With Radio Network Feedback

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Overview A new technique is proposed that enables TCP to distinguish wireless packet losses from congestion related packet losses. This is achieved by introducing a wireless enhancement proxy (WENP) at layer 3 in the base station that monitors the TCP packet flows in both directions, detects wireless packet drops and provides feedback to the TCP sender using one of the TCP header reserved bits. The standard TCP Reno congestion control mechanism is modified to accommodate this effect. The scheme is modeled using the OPNET tool, and the simulation results are presented and explained. The performance of the proposed scheme is compared with that of a standard WLAN without a proxy. The results show that introducing WENP significantly improves the TCP performance in a WLAN environment.

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Publisher	University of Canterbury	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2006	Downloads	5
Format	White Papers
Topics	Wireless LAN, TCP - IP, Wi-Fi (802.11)

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