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Abstract

As the technologies of the Internet era permeate daily life, the expectations and needs of Internet applications explicitly increase. Instead of communicating using letter mails and phone calls, people now prefer video streaming. And the young generation most likely plays computer games. However, they sometimes complain about the Internet latencies [2] and slow network [3], which is mainly caused by packet loss. Packet loss is the loss of data during the process of digital communication transmission [4]. For a wireless network like WIFI, the packet loss is expected to increase as the increment of the distance [5]. High qualities of Internet communication, or in other words, stable and fast signal transmission, is significantly commanded to ensure a lower rate of packet loss. In this report, we will use the ns-3 network simulator to establish propagation models of signal transmissions. The propagation loss models will simulate the received power concerning the input power and transmission distance. Various models with different algorithms will be tested and compared. We expect to possess a deeper understanding of the reasons why packet loss occurs more frequently as the transmission distance generally increases.

References

[1]

Ns-3, "Propogation," 04 March 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.nsnam.org/docs/models/html/propagation.html. [Accessed 06 March 2019].

[2]

J. Hartman, "This Is Why Your Live Stream Lags: Intro To Live Streaming Latency," Boxcast, 01 January 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.boxcast.com/blog/live-stream-video-latency. [Accessed 7 February 2019].

[3]

K. Daham, "Top 10 Most Common Causes for Poor Network Performance," Computer Works, 28 October 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.cwims.com/performance/top-10-most-common-causes-for-poor-network-performance/. [Accessed 7 February 2019].

[4]

L. Rivenes, "What are the Causes of Packet Loss?," Datapath.io, 8 March 2016. [Online]. Available: https://datapath.io/resources/blog/causes-of-packet-loss/. [Accessed 7 February 2019].

[5]

C.-H. C. L.-F. L.-P. H. W.-T. H. G.-C. L. Yuan-Jen Chang, "Wireless Sensor Networks for Vital signs monitoring: Application in a Nursing Home," 25 December 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258386464. [Accessed 7 February 2019].

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