Authors:
J. A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho
1
;
P. A. Gomes
1
;
H. Veiga
1
;
C. F. Ribeiro Pacheco
1
;
N. Marques
1
and
A. D. Reis
2
Affiliations:
1
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
;
2
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Keyword(s):
WLAN, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, Point-to-Point Links, Wireless Network Laboratory Performance Measurements.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Instruments and Devices
;
Emerging Technologies
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
;
Telecommunications
;
Testbeds and Deployment
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
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.