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 da Beira Interior;Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Keyword(s):
WLAN, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Point-to-Point Links, Wireless Network Laboratory Performance Measurements.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
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 b, g) point-to-point links. A contribution is given to evaluation of this technology through performance comparisons, using available access points from Enterasys Networks and Linksys. Detailed results are presented and discussed, namely at OSI levels 4 and 7, from experiments involving TCP, UDP and FTP: TCP throughput, jitter, percentage datagram loss and FTP transfer rate.