The widespread use of TCP as a transport layer protocol for mobile ad-hoc
networks and wireline networks has motivated the need to make its implementation
highly power efficient specially with respect to ad hoc radio networks. Over the
past years many researchers have developed energy efficient protocols for mobile
ad-hoc networks. This thesis deals with the various modifications and fine-tunings
in the TCP code which, when applied, help in conserving battery power at nodes by
saving on the software overhead at the mobile nodes. The various modifications
proposed have been tested with actual experiments done on two laptops with
Lucent WaveLan wireless cards. The results obtained from the experiments
indicate that with certain modifications made in the implementation of TCP code,
significant savings in power can be achieved along with an increase in the overall
efficiency of TCP over wireless links. Finally, a discussion of how other
modifications can be researched and tested as the hardware for mobile systems
change is proposed. / Graduation date: 2000
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/33177 |
| Date | 18 April 2000 |
| Creators | Agarwal, Sandeep, 1973- |
| Contributors | Singh, Suresh P. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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