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Performance enhancing proxy for interactive 3G network gaming

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Takashi Sakamoto,

Michael SweeneyAuthors Info & Claims

IWCMC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing

Pages 207 - 212

https://doi.org/10.1145/1143549.1143592

Published: 03 July 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Unlike non-time-critical applications like email and file transfer, network games demand timely data delivery to maintain the seemingly interactive presence of players in the virtual game world. Yet the inherently large transmission delay mean and variance of 3G cellular links make on-time game data delivery difficult. Further complicating the timely game data delivery problem is the frequent packet drops at these links due to inter-symbol interference, fading and shadowing at the physical layer. In this paper, we propose a proxy architecture that enhances the timeliness and reliability of data delivery of interactive games over 3G wireless networks. In particular, a performance enhancing proxy is designed to optimize a new time-critical data type—variable-deadline data, where the utility of a datum is inversely proportional to the time required to deliver it. We show how a carefully designed and configured proxy can noticeably improve the delivery of network game data.

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Chen XWang WWei G(2011)Web Acceleration in Asymmetrical Mobile NetworkWireless Personal Communications: An International Journal10.1007/s11277-009-9892-z58:2(281-313)Online publication date: 1-May-2011
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Performance enhancing proxy for interactive 3G network gaming
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
2. Networks
  1. Network types
    1. Mobile networks
    2. Wireless access networks

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IWCMC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing

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ISBN:1595933069

DOI:10.1145/1143549

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NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan
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NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan

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Huh J(2018)Reliable User Datagram Protocol as a Solution to Latencies in Network GamesElectronics10.3390/electronics71102957:11(295)Online publication date: 2-Nov-2018
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics7110295
Chen XWang WWei G(2011)Web Acceleration in Asymmetrical Mobile NetworkWireless Personal Communications: An International Journal10.1007/s11277-009-9892-z58:2(281-313)Online publication date: 1-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11277-009-9892-z
Chen XWang WWei G(2009)Reducing Web Latency in Mobile NetworkProceedings of the 2009 Eigth IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science10.1109/ICIS.2009.84(829-833)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ICIS.2009.84
Ghosh PBasu KDas S(2008)Improving end-to-end quality-of-service in online multi-player wireless gaming networksComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2008.02.02531:11(2685-2698)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comcom.2008.02.025

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