Abstract
Performance of TCP can be severely degraded in Mobile IP-based wireless networks where packet losses not related to network congestion occur frequently during intersubnetwork handoffs by user mobility. To solve such a problem in the networks using Mobile IP, the packet buffering method at a base station recovers those packets dropped during handoff by forwarding the buffered packets at the old base station to the mobile users. But, when the mobile user moves to a congested base station in a new foreign subnetwork, those buffered packets forwarded by the old base station are dropped and TCP transmission performance of a mobile user degrades severely. In this paper, a PBM (Packet Buffering Marker) at a base station is proposed to prevent burst losses of out-of-profile packets during handoffs for DiffServ Assured Services. From simulation results, it is shown that PBM scheme improves TCP throughputs of an Assured Service flow during handoffs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 438-446 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:1 This work was supported in part by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by Korea Government (KRF-2008-331-D00334) and in part by the MKE(Ministry of Knowledge Economy), Korea, under the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center) support program supervised by the IITA(Institute for Information Technology Advancement) (IITA-2008-C1090-0801-0044).
Keywords
- DiffServ
- Marker
- Mobile IP
- Packet Buffering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Media Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering