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An evaluation of the performance of mobile IP scheme for TCP application in mobile environment

AuthorThongchai Vattrasate
Call NumberAIT Thesis no.TC-99-15
Subject(s)Computer network protocols
NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering. School of Advanced Technologies
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
Series StatementThesis ; no. TC-99-15
AbstractMobile IP provides mobility support for hosts connected to the Internet without changing their IP addresses. In this paper we propose a Handover strategy called Low Loss Mobile IP (LLMIP) and evaluate its performance compared to Mobile IP (MIP) for TCP Application in wireless environment. The network scenario considered involves Wide Area Network and Local Area Network. The influence of the offered traffic characteristics, transmission speed and delay, Internet delay behavior, TCP parameters and handover rate on network performance are investigated. It is known that performance of MIP may result in an unacceptable Quality of Service for TCP Applications because it is very sensitive to handover rates and average user session lengths. By these effects, a web page or other applications over TCP will suffer from delay and reduced throughput. The proposed strategy enhances MIP scheme by introducing a handover buffer in MIP router. LLMIP delivers stable performance for all handover rates and a broad range of session duration while keeping unmodified to transport layer. Simulation results show considerable performance improvements in terms of throughput, delay, TCP efficiency and Packets loss for absent destination during a handoff period. The proposed handover strategy is appropriate for most applications especially those, which are throughput critical.
Year1999
Corresponding Series Added EntryAsian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. TC-99-15
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Advanced Technologies (SAT)
DepartmentDepartment of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT)
Academic Program/FoSTelecommunications (TC)
Chairperson(s)Erke, Tapio
Examination Committee(s)Ahmed, Kazi M. ;Kanchana Kanchanasut
Scholarship Donor(s)Nokia Telecommunication, Finland
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology


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