Investigation of the suitability of IrBurst for high-speed exchange of large data blocks

This paper provides a mathematical model with which we derive a simple equation for IrBurst throughput efficiency over IrDA protocol stacks. Based on this model, we compare the performance of IrBurst protocol with the existing OBEX protocol for large data blocks exchange at high data rates considering both error free and erroneous environment in order to investigate the suitability of IrBurst protocol. A study of the importance of parameters such as IrLAP window size and IrPHY minimum turnaround time on IrBurst performance is also presented. Finally, a protocol improvement that employs an effective Automatic Repeat Request error control scheme to provide robustness at high bit error rate is proposed.