Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

6-2002

Abstract

We study the performance metrics associated with TCP regulated traffic in multi-hop, wireless networks that use a common physical channel (e.g., IEEE 802.11). In contrast to earlier analyses, we focus simultaneously on two key operating metrics– the energy efficiency and the session throughput. Using analysis and simulations, we show how these metrics are strongly influenced by the radio transmission range of individual nodes. Due to tradeoffs between the individual packet transmission energy and the likelihood of retransmissions, the total energy consumption is a convex function of the number of hops (and hence, of the transmission range). On the other hand, the TCP session throughput decreases supralinearly with a decrease in the transmission range. In certain scenarios, the overall network capacity can then be a concave function of the transmission range. Based on our analysis of the performance of an individual TCP session, we finally study how parameters such as the node density and the radio transmission range affect the overall network capacity under different operating conditions. Our analysis shows that capacity metrics at the TCP layer behave quite differently than corresponding idealized link-layer metrics.

Keywords

Energy efficiency, Network protocols, Telecommunication networks, Telecommunication traffic

Discipline

Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

IEEE INFOCOM 2002: Proceedings: 21st Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, 23-27 June, New York

Volume

1

First Page

210

Last Page

219

ISBN

9780780374768

Identifier

10.1109/INFCOM.2002.1019262

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Piscataway, NJ

Additional URL

http://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.2002.1019262

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