Active goodput measurements from a public 3G/UMTS network

Kostas Pentikousis; Marko Palola; Marko Jurvansuu; P. Perälä

doi:10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1506708

Active goodput measurements from a public 3G/UMTS network

Kostas Pentikousis (Corresponding Author), Marko Palola, Marko Jurvansuu, P. Perälä

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Abstract

Although third generation cellular networks are being deployed in many countries, rigorous measurement studies from public networks have yet to be published. After extensive experimentation, we collect measurements from a commercial WCDMA 3G/UMTS network and observe that the goodput of the first of a series of back-to-back transfers is consistently below par. We compare these results with those obtained from an all-wired network and show that 3G signaling plays an important, albeit detrimental role in end-user goodput. Finally, we illustrate that near-nominal goodput is realizable for large payloads only.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	802 - 804
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Communications Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1506708
Publication status	Published - 2005
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

3G mobile communication
broadband networks
cellular radio
code division multiple access
UMTS
WCDMA
end-user goodput
payload
public networks
third generation cellular network
universal mobile telecommunication system
wideband code division multiple access

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