TCP over GPRS : The Effect of Preemption
Annika Wennström, Anna Brunström · 2003
GPRS extends the widely deployed GSM system with a more efficient wireless Internet access. In this paper we present measurements of GPRS traffic when preempted by circuit-switched calls. The results indicate that TCP performance is degraded more than necessary, as buffered data is flushed immediately when the GPRS traffic is preempted. The time required for error recovery is considerable also for very short preemption periods.