Cross-Layer Optimization of the Link-Layer based on the Detected TCP Flavor

Toktam Mahmoodi; Oliver Holland; Vasilis Friderikos; Abdol-Hamid Aghvami

doi:10.1109/PIMRC.2008.4699851

Cross-Layer Optimization of the Link-Layer based on the Detected TCP Flavor

Toktam Mahmoodi, Oliver Holland, Vasilis Friderikos, Abdol-Hamid Aghvami

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A range of flavors of TCP are already in existence, and further flavors are being introduced in order to, for example, cope with the packet loss characteristics of wireless links. Moreover, the proliferation new wireless standards and the relative performance differences among them have been mushrooming in recent years. Given the increasingly heterogeneous nature of the Internet, mechanisms do not usually exist for a server to specifically select an appropriate TCP flavor for each individual download. In this paper, we therefore present and assess a cross-layer solution for a node (e.g. a base-station) to quickly adapt lower-layer characteristics (the coding rate and local ARQ retransmissions threshold) based on the detected TCP flavor, in order to optimize the end-to-end performance of the download for that utilized flavor. We demonstrate that the proposed scheme has considerable potential to improve the overall download throughput, while placing no burden on the server and requiring no changes to existing TCP implementations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PIMRC 2008
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2008
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2376-2380
Number of pages	5
Volume	N/A
Edition	N/A
ISBN (Print)	9781424426430
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2008.4699851
Publication status	Published - Apr 2008
Event	19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications - Cannes, France Duration: 15 Sept 2008 → 18 Sept 2008

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Conference	19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
Country/Territory	France
City	Cannes
Period	15/09/2008 → 18/09/2008

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Mahmoodi, T , Holland, O , Friderikos, V & Aghvami, A-H 2008, Cross-Layer Optimization of the Link-Layer based on the Detected TCP Flavor. in PIMRC 2008: IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2008. N/A edn, vol. N/A, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., pp. 2376-2380, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Cannes, France, 15/09/2008. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2008.4699851

Cross-Layer Optimization of the Link-Layer based on the Detected TCP Flavor. / Mahmoodi, Toktam ; Holland, Oliver ; Friderikos, Vasilis et al.
PIMRC 2008: IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2008. Vol. N/A N/A. ed. Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE, 2008. p. 2376-2380.

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