A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G WEP POINT-TO-POINT LINKS

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

2010

Abstract

Wireless communications using microwaves are increasingly important, e.g. Wi-Fi. Performance is a fundamental issue, resulting in more reliable and efficient communications. Laboratory measurements are made about several performance aspects of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b, g) WEP point-to-point links using available access points from Enterasys Networks (RBTR2). Through OSI levels 4 and 7, detailed results are presented and discussed from TCP, UDP and FTP experiments, namely: TCP throughput, jitter, percentage datagram loss and FTP transfer rate. Conclusions are drawn about link performance.

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A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho J., Veiga H., Marques N., Ribeiro Pacheco C. and D. Reis A. (2010). A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G WEP POINT-TO-POINT LINKS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-24-9, pages 165-168. DOI: 10.5220/0003031501650168


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@conference{winsys10,
author={J. A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho and H. Veiga and N. Marques and C. F. Ribeiro Pacheco and A. D. Reis},
title={A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G WEP POINT-TO-POINT LINKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={165-168},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003031501650168},
isbn={978-989-8425-24-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2010)
TI - A CONTRIBUTION TO LABORATORY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF IEEE 802.11 B,G WEP POINT-TO-POINT LINKS
SN - 978-989-8425-24-9
AU - A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho J.
AU - Veiga H.
AU - Marques N.
AU - Ribeiro Pacheco C.
AU - D. Reis A.
PY - 2010
SP - 165
EP - 168
DO - 10.5220/0003031501650168