Topology Influence on TCP Congestion Control Performance in Multi-hop Ad Hoc Wireless
Wireless ad hoc nodes are freely and dynamically
self-organize in communicating with others. Each node can act as
host or router. However it actually depends on the capability of
nodes in terms of its current power level, signal strength, number
of hops, routing protocol, interference and others. In this research,
a study was conducted to observe the effect of hops count over
different network topologies that contribute to TCP Congestion
Control performance degradation. To achieve this objective, a
simulation using NS-2 with different topologies have been
evaluated. The comparative analysis has been discussed based on
standard observation metrics: throughput, delay and packet loss
ratio. As a result, there is a relationship between types of topology
and hops counts towards the performance of ad hoc network. In
future, the extension study will be carried out to investigate the
effect of different error rate and background traffic over same
topologies.
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Multi-Hop Mobile Ad hoc Network. International Journal of
Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) 2010. 2 (4): p.
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wireless networks: issues, approaches, and challenges.
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networks. 2007, Citeseer.
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window limit in mobile ad hoc networks. 2003: IEEE.
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recovery schemes of transport protocols: A survey and taxonomy.
Computer Networks, 2008. 52(6): p. 1308-1327.
[17] Floyd, S. and T. Henderson, The NewReno modification to TCP's
fast recovery algorithm. 1999.
[18] Prabakaran, M., A. Mahasenan, and A. Kumar. Analysis and
enhancement of TCP performance over an IEEE 802.11 multi-hop
wireless network: single session case. 2005: IEEE.
[19] Al Hanbali, A., E. Altman, and P. Nain, A survey of TCP over ad hoc
networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2005. 7(3): p.
22-36.
[20] Hallani, H. and S. Shahrestani, Improving the Performance of
Wireless Ad-hoc Networks: Accounting for the Behavior of Selfish
Nodes. Communications, 2011. 2011.
[21] Gupta, S., C.K. Nagpal, and C. Singla, Impact of Selfish Node
Concentration in MANETs. International Journal, 2011. 3.
[22] Fu, Z., et al. The impact of multihop wireless channel on TCP
throughput and loss. 2003: IEEE.
[23] Fu, Z., X. Meng, and S. Lu. How bad TCP can perform in mobile ad
hoc networks. 2002: IEEE.
[24] Information Sciences Institute, The NS-2 simulator,
www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns.
[25] Breslau, L., et al., Advances in network simulation. Computer, 2000.
33(5): p. 59-67.
[26] Habbal, A.M.M. and S. Hassan. Loss Detection and Recovery
Techniques for TCP in Mobile Ad Hoc Network. 2010: IEEE.
[27] Nahm, K., A. Helmy, and C.C.J. Kuo, Cross-layer interaction of
TCP and ad hoc routing protocols in multihop IEEE 802.11
networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2007: p. 458-
469.
[28] Ikeda, M., et al. Mobility effects of wireless multi-hop networks in
indoor scenarios. 2010: IEEE.
[1] Samal, C.K., TCP Performance through Simulation and Testbed in
Multi-Hop Mobile Ad hoc Network. International Journal of
Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) 2010. 2 (4): p.
109-124.
[2] Leung, K.C. and V.O.K. Li, Transmission control protocol (TCP) in
wireless networks: issues, approaches, and challenges.
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE, 2006. 8(4): p. 64-79.
[3] Paxson, V., End-to-end internet packet dynamics. IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking (TON), 1999. 7(3): p. 277-292.
[4] Jain, R., Congestion control in computer networks: issues and
trends. Network, IEEE, 1990. 4(3): p. 24-30.
[5] Xu, K., Y. Tian, and N. Ansari, TCP-Jersey for wireless IP
communications. Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal
on, 2004. 22(4): p. 747-756.
[6] Jindal, A. and K. Psounis, Wireless contention in mobile multi-hop
networks. 2007, Citeseer.
[7] Chen, K., Y. Xue, and K. Nahrstedt. On setting TCP's congestion
window limit in mobile ad hoc networks. 2003: IEEE.
[8] Floyd, S. and V. Paxson, Difficulties in simulating the internet.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2001. 9(4): p. 392-
403.
[9] Gerla, M., K. Tang, and R. Bagrodia. TCP performance in wireless
multi-hop networks. 1999: IEEE.
[10] Jacobson, V. Congestion avoidance and control. 1988: ACM.
[11] Li, T. and D.J. Leith, Buffer sizing for TCP flows in 802.11 e
WLANs. Communications Letters, IEEE, 2008. 12(3): p. 216-218.
[12] Ali, M.M., A.K.M.S. Alam, and M.S. Sarker, TCP Performance
Enhancement in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. International
Journal, 2011. 1.
[13] Low, S.H., F. Paganini, and J.C. Doyle, Internet congestion control.
Control Systems Magazine, IEEE, 2002. 22(1): p. 28-43.
[14] Postel, J., RFC 793: Transmission control protocol. 1981,
September.
[15] Aaron, A. and S. Tsao, Techniques to improve TCP over wireless
links. Final Report, EE. 359.
[16] Ho, C.Y., Y.C. Chen, and Y.C. Chan, Fast retransmit and fast
recovery schemes of transport protocols: A survey and taxonomy.
Computer Networks, 2008. 52(6): p. 1308-1327.
[17] Floyd, S. and T. Henderson, The NewReno modification to TCP's
fast recovery algorithm. 1999.
[18] Prabakaran, M., A. Mahasenan, and A. Kumar. Analysis and
enhancement of TCP performance over an IEEE 802.11 multi-hop
wireless network: single session case. 2005: IEEE.
[19] Al Hanbali, A., E. Altman, and P. Nain, A survey of TCP over ad hoc
networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2005. 7(3): p.
22-36.
[20] Hallani, H. and S. Shahrestani, Improving the Performance of
Wireless Ad-hoc Networks: Accounting for the Behavior of Selfish
Nodes. Communications, 2011. 2011.
[21] Gupta, S., C.K. Nagpal, and C. Singla, Impact of Selfish Node
Concentration in MANETs. International Journal, 2011. 3.
[22] Fu, Z., et al. The impact of multihop wireless channel on TCP
throughput and loss. 2003: IEEE.
[23] Fu, Z., X. Meng, and S. Lu. How bad TCP can perform in mobile ad
hoc networks. 2002: IEEE.
[24] Information Sciences Institute, The NS-2 simulator,
www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns.
[25] Breslau, L., et al., Advances in network simulation. Computer, 2000.
33(5): p. 59-67.
[26] Habbal, A.M.M. and S. Hassan. Loss Detection and Recovery
Techniques for TCP in Mobile Ad Hoc Network. 2010: IEEE.
[27] Nahm, K., A. Helmy, and C.C.J. Kuo, Cross-layer interaction of
TCP and ad hoc routing protocols in multihop IEEE 802.11
networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2007: p. 458-
469.
[28] Ikeda, M., et al. Mobility effects of wireless multi-hop networks in
indoor scenarios. 2010: IEEE.
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self-organize in communicating with others. Each node can act as
host or router. However it actually depends on the capability of
nodes in terms of its current power level, signal strength, number
of hops, routing protocol, interference and others. In this research,
a study was conducted to observe the effect of hops count over
different network topologies that contribute to TCP Congestion
Control performance degradation. To achieve this objective, a
simulation using NS-2 with different topologies have been
evaluated. The comparative analysis has been discussed based on
standard observation metrics: throughput, delay and packet loss
ratio. As a result, there is a relationship between types of topology
and hops counts towards the performance of ad hoc network. In
future, the extension study will be carried out to investigate the
effect of different error rate and background traffic over same
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