COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF WI-FI IEEE 802.11 A,G LABORATORY POINT-TO-POINT LINKS

J. A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho, P. A. Gomes, H. Veiga, C. F. Ribeiro Pacheco, N. Marques, A. D. Reis

2009

Abstract

The importance of wireless communications has been growing. Performance is a very relevant issue, leading to more reliable and efficient communications. Laboratory measurements are made about several performance aspects of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 a, g) point-to-point links. A contribution is given to performance evaluation of this technology, using available access points from Enterasys Networks. Detailed results are presented and discussed, namely at OSI levels 4 and 7, from TCP, UDP and FTP experiments: TCP throughput, jitter, percentage datagram loss and FTP transfer rate. Conclusions are drawn about the comparative performance of the links.

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A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho J., A. Gomes P., Veiga H., F. Ribeiro Pacheco C., Marques N. and D. Reis A. (2009). COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF WI-FI IEEE 802.11 A,G LABORATORY POINT-TO-POINT LINKS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-008-5, pages 115-118. DOI: 10.5220/0002238601150118


in Bibtex Style

@conference{winsys09,
author={J. A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho and P. A. Gomes and H. Veiga and C. F. Ribeiro Pacheco and N. Marques and A. D. Reis},
title={COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF WI-FI IEEE 802.11 A,G LABORATORY POINT-TO-POINT LINKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={115-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002238601150118},
isbn={978-989-674-008-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2009)
TI - COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF WI-FI IEEE 802.11 A,G LABORATORY POINT-TO-POINT LINKS
SN - 978-989-674-008-5
AU - A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho J.
AU - A. Gomes P.
AU - Veiga H.
AU - F. Ribeiro Pacheco C.
AU - Marques N.
AU - D. Reis A.
PY - 2009
SP - 115
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0002238601150118