2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

An integrated testbed for wireless advanced transport protocols and architectures

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649192,
        author={Alessandro  Bon and Carlo  Caini and Tomaso  De Cola and Rosario  Firrincieli and Daniele  Lacamera and Mario  Marchese},
        title={An integrated testbed for wireless advanced transport protocols and architectures},
        proceedings={2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2006},
        month={7},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649192}
    }
    
  • Alessandro Bon
    Carlo Caini
    Tomaso De Cola
    Rosario Firrincieli
    Daniele Lacamera
    Mario Marchese
    Year: 2006
    An integrated testbed for wireless advanced transport protocols and architectures
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649192
Alessandro Bon1,*, Carlo Caini1,*, Tomaso De Cola2,*, Rosario Firrincieli1,*, Daniele Lacamera1,*, Mario Marchese2,*
  • 1: DEIS, ARCES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • 2: CNIT, University of Genoa, Italy
*Contact email: alessandro.bon@studio.unibo.it, ccaini@deis.unibo.it, tomaso.decola@cnit.it, rfirrincieli@deis.unibo.it, root@danielinux.net, mario.marchese@cnit.it_

Abstract

The challenges posed by data communications over both satellite and terrestrial wireless systems make the adoption of adequate countermeasures advisable. In particular, the poor performance experienced by TCP transport protocol in such environments has fed the scientific community to propose novel solutions, from both the protocols and architecture points of view. In order to perform a thorough assessment of such proposals, University of Bologna (UoB) and National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) have conceived and set-up an integrated testbed. Its characteristics and capabilities are presented and discussed in this work, focusing in particular on the advantages offered by the ubiquitous remote control of the testbed, provided by a powerful Web interface specifically designed for this purpose.