Wireless Internet Access over GSM and UMTS

Produktbeschreibung

The book provides a comprehensive investigation of the performance and
problems of the TCP/IP protocol stack, when data is transmitted over GSM,
GPRS and UMTS. It gives an introduction to the protocols used for Internet
access today, and also the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The basics
of GSM, GPRS and UMTS are given, which are necessary for understanding
the main topic, TCP performance over GSM, GPRS and UMTS. We describe at
length the problems that TCP has when operating over a mobile radio link,
and what has been proposed to remedy these problems. We derive the optimum
TCP packet length for maximum data throughput on wireless networks, analytically
and by simulation. Results on the throughput and various other parameters
of TCP over mobile networks are given. This book gives valuable advice
to network operators and application programmers to maximize data throughput,
and which protocols, transmission modes, and coding schemes to use and
which to avoid. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Protocols for Internet Access.- 3. Data Transmission in GSM.- 4. Data Transmission in UMTS.- 5. TCP in Wireless Environments.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- A. List of Acronyms.- B. Glossary.- References. 

Kritik

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"The book provides a comprehensive investigation of the performance and problems of the TCP/IP protocol stack, when data is transmitted over GSM. ... This book gives valuable advice to network operators and application programmers to maximize data throughput, and which protocols, transmission modes, and coding schemes to use and which to avoid." (Bulletin des Schweizerischen Elektrotechnischen Vereins, Issue 11, 2002)