Paper Info
Title
A measurement based study of TCP protocol efficiency in cellular networks
Abstract
This paper examines the efficiency of resource utilization with respect to short-lived TCP flows in various cellular networks. The examination is done from the vantage point of an end-user who would like to use as much as possible of the cellular transmission resources that are available at any given time, thus minimizing the delays associated with communication. Based on a comprehensive measurement campaign we first derive network characteristics with regards to base RTT, RTT under load, and average throughput. A protocol efficiency metric is introduced to capture how efficiently short TCP flows are in fact able to use the instantaneously available transmission resources in a cellular network. The measurements show that short TCP connections have low efficiency in 3.5G (HSPA+) and 4G (LTE) mobile broadband networks, and that the improved latency and throughput characteristics of 4G in relation to 3.5G nevertheless results in lower short-flow efficiency for 4G.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/WIOPT.2014.6850290
Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
4G mobile communication,Long Term Evolution,cellular radio,transport protocols,3.5G mobile broadband networks,4G mobile broadband networks,HSPA+,LTE,RTT under load,TCP protocol efficiency,base RTT,cellular networks,cellular transmission resources,end-user,latency characteristics,measurement based study,network characteristics,resource utilization,short-lived flows,throughput characteristics,vantage point
Computer science,Latency (engineering),Communications system,Computer network,Transmission Control Protocol,Zeta-TCP,TCP acceleration,Cellular network,Throughput,Mobile broadband,Distributed computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.49
12
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Johan Garcia1111.57
Stefan Alfredsson270.49
Anna Brunstrom3102.04