A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G 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 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.

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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). A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G 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 95-99. DOI: 10.5220/0002189600950099


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@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={A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G POINT-TO-POINT LINKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={95-99},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002189600950099},
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 - A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G 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 - 95
EP - 99
DO - 10.5220/0002189600950099