|  | Transport Protocol Performance over 4G Links:
Emulator Methodology and Results.
Stefan Alfredsson, 
Karlstad University,
Anna Brunström, 
Karlstad University, and 
 Mikael Sternad, 
Uppsala University.
 
Int. Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems ISWCS, 
Valencia, Spain, Sept. 5-8  2006.
 
 
  Abstract: 
This paper presents a wireless link and network emulator for
 the  Wireless IP  4G system proposal from 
Uppsala University and partners. 
In wireless fading downlinks (base to terminals) link-level 
frames are scheduled and the transmission is adapted on a 
fast time scale. With fast link adaptation and fast link level 
retransmission, the fading properties of wireless links
 can to a large extent be counteracted at the physical 
and link layers. The emulator has been used to experimentally
 investigate the resulting interaction between the transport
 layer and the physical/link layer in such a downlink. 
 
The paper introduces the Wireless IP system, describes 
the emulator design and implementation, and presents 
experimental results with TCP in combination with
 various physical/link layer parameters. 
The impact of link layer ARQ persistency, 
adaptive modulation, prediction errors and 
simple scheduling are all considered. 
  Related publications: 
 
PhD Thesis by Nilo Casimiro Ericsson.
SoftCom07-paper, analysing link- and transport layer 
performance interactions.
ISWCS-08-paper describing performance for 
delay-sensitive applications.
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