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International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Volume 9, Issue 1, January - March 2013

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1548-0631 EISSN: 1548-064X

Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA

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Editor-in-Chief: Varadharajan Sridhar, Sasken Communication Technologies, India; Debashis Saha, Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta), India

PAPER ONE

Platform on Platform (PoP) Model for Meta-Networking: A New Paradigm for Networks of the Future

Debashis Saha (MIS Group, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, Joka, Kolkata, Calcutta, India) and Varadharajan Sridhar (Sasken Communication Technologies, Domlur, Bangalore, India)

In this research essay, the authors envision a Platform-on-Platform (PoP) model to understand the (r)evolutionary nature of future networks, with examples and constructs from the two most pervasive networks, namely the Internet and the mobile cellular networks. First, they articulate how PoP model is conceptualized on the economic principles of n-sided markets and discuss associated network effects for the platforms to attain critical mass for sustainability. Then, the authors attempted to analyze the enablers of the PoP including open systems and standards and their effect on the success of PoP. Next, they apply the principles of PoP to two use cases - Internet of Things and Enterprise Mobility, and indicate the relevant research issues that need to be addressed. The authors concluded with remarks on the importance of security as a platform, which in their opinion has not been given due importance thus far, and the related avenues of research for the reliability and sustainability of future networks.

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PAPER TWO

Design and Evaluation of a Cross-Layer Framework for Improving 802.11 Networks: An Empirical Study

Nurul I. Sarkar (School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand)

This paper reports on the design and evaluation of a class of cross-layer design (CLD) framework for improving the performance of 802.11-based wireless local area networks (WLANs). While various CLD approaches have been proposed for improving the performance of WLANs in recent years, the problem of efficient channel utilization, higher throughput, lower packet delay, and fairness has not been fully solved yet. To overcome the performance problems of 802.11, we propose a CLD framework which is based on a cross-layer medium access control (MAC) protocol called the channel-aware buffer unit multiple access (C-BUMA). In the framework, the radio propagation (i.e. physical layer) is combined with the MAC sub-layer to develop a robust cross-layer communication. By sharing channel information with the MAC protocol, the approach reduced unnecessary packet transmissions, and hence reduced bandwidth wastage and significantly improved the system performance. The proposed CLD method is evaluated by extensive simulation experiments. A comparison with 802.11 standards is provided. Results obtained show that the network achieves up to 13.5% higher throughput, 56% lower packet delay, 40% better fairness, and 38% lower packet dropping with the proposed CLD. We also found that the proposed CLD outperforms Pham's CLD with respect to network throughput and packet dropping. The analysis and empirical results reported in this paper provide some insights into the design and evaluation of a CLD framework for improving data rate of 802.11 networks which may help researchers in this field to overcome the remaining design issues and challenges.

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PAPER THREE

Analyzing Buffer Requirement for Wireless Enhancement of TCP in Network Mobility

Bhaskar Sardar (Department of Information Technology, Jadavpur University, Salt lake Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)

On-board TCP (obTCP) has been shown to address the dual wireless link related issues in network mobility (NEMO) effectively. obTCP uses agents at both base station (BS) and mobile router (MR). The agents store incoming TCP packet in a buffer for future possible retransmissions over the wireless links. Since the number of TCP connections passing through the MR could be very large, the amount of memory space required for the buffers may become very high. This may put the deployment of obTCP in question. So, in this paper, the authors investigate the buffer requirement problem of obTCP at MR for each TCP connection. For this purpose, they describe a Markov model to keep track of the packet transmission process of MR. The buffer size for each TCP connection is represented as a function of loss probability of the wireless links. Interestingly, from the numerical results, the authors find that the buffer size requirement at MR is significantly low for each TCP connections. This observation claims possible implementation of obTCP in NEMO.

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PAPER FOUR

Evaluating IPv6 in Peer-to- Peer Gigabit Ethernet for TCP using Modern Windows and Linux Systems: An Empirical Study

Nurul I. Sarkar (School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand) and Burjiz K. Soorty (Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand)

IPv6 is the next generation Internet protocol that is already in process of replacing the current IPv4 on corporate networks worldwide. Most of the latest MS Windows and Linux-based client/server operating systems (OSs) support IPv6. However, deploying IPv6 in a corporate network requires an evaluation to determine which modern OS will give the best bandwidth-latency for TCP applications. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate IPv6 against IPv4 in a peer-to-peer Gigabit Ethernet for TCP using four of the latest Windows and Linux systems and to find out the OS that provides the best system performance over IPv6 networks. It is obvious that implementing IPv6 on a Gigabit Ethernet will have drawbacks of lower bandwidth and higher latency as a result of its larger address space. In this paper the authors quantify the performance degradation of IPv6 using empirical study. They measure the quality of service (QoS) parameters, such as TCP throughput, round-trip-time, jitter, and CPU utilization using a customized testbed setting. The effect of packet length on system performance is also reported. The analysis and empirical results reported in this paper provide some insights into IPv6 performance with respect to the impact of modern client/server OS on system performance. This study may help network researchers and engineers to overcome the remaining challenging issues in the deployment of IPv6 on corporate networks.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJBDCN:

The mission of the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN) is to disseminate practical and theoretical information, which will enable readers to understand, manage, use, and maintain business data communication networks more effectively. IJDBCN addresses key technology, management, and policy issues for utilizing data communications and networking in business and the current best practices for aligning this important technology with the strategic goals of the organization.

Coverage of IJBDCN:

IJBDCN covers the principles of both wired and wireless communications of voice, data, images, and video and the impact of their business values on the organizations in which they are used. This journal includes theoretical and practical works, relevant case studies, topical surveys, and research articles that address problems faced by telecommunication service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises, and policy makers in the areas of data communications and networking.

Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas:

Adoption and diffusion of networking technologies

Business applications of telecommunications

Business implications of public WWANs and WLANs deployment

Business re-engineering issues associated with networking

Cross-border network-based information systems

Designing, deploying, and using networked systems in specialized sectors (i.e. health, education, and manufacturing)

Effects of legislation and regulation on telecommunications

Emerging networking trends

Frameworks for wireless security

Impact of the open source movement on business data communications

Management of business data communications projects

Management of telecommunications in organizations

Mobility and m-commerce issues

Network management contingency issues

Organizational impact of e-commerce connectivity

Outsourcing of networking and data communication services

Policy-based network management systems

Policy-based security systems

Quality of service issues associated with networked systems

Security of interconnected systems (procedures, implementation, mechanisms, protocols, and compatibility)

Standards and network interoperability issues

Strategic use of networking technologies

Success factors of networked systems

Telecommuting, remote access, and virtual private networks

Usability of business data communication networks

Use of distributed services (Web services/DCOM/CORBA) over wireless networks

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