The effect of the RTS/CTS handshake on TCP

Stylianos Papanastasiou*, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Vassilis Charissis

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Abstract

Previous research enquiries into TCP performance in MANETs have largely assumed that the 802.11 RTS/CTS mechanism remains in full effect throughout the connection time. In this work we evaluate the effects on TCP goodput of utilising other modes of operation for the 802.11 handshake whilst remaining compliant with the original specification. To identify the source of the goodput discrepancies amongst the different modes of operation we introduce two new metrics to characterise spatial connection along a TCP connection and then use them to account for TCP goodput in string and mesh topologies when using different RTS/CTS strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and ApplicationsWorkshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
Pages940-946
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and ApplicationsWorkshops/Symposia, AINAW'07 - Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
Duration: May 21 2007May 23 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
Volume1

Other

Other21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and ApplicationsWorkshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityNiagara Falls, ON
Period5/21/075/23/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software
  • General Mathematics

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