We consider several WLAN stations associated at rates r1, r2, ..., rk with an Access Point. Each station is downloading a long file from a local server, located on the LAN to which the AP is attached. We model these simultaneous TCP-controlled transfers using a Markov Chain. Our analytical approach leads to a procedure to compute aggregate download throughput numerically, and the results match simulations very well.
@article{arxiv.1007.3229,
title = {Aggregate Download Throughput for TCP-controlled long file transfers in a WLAN with multiple STA-AP association rates},
author = {Pradeepa BK and Joy Kuri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3229},
year = {2011}
}