Evaluation of Packet Loss Effect on Network Performance

Any advancement in new technologies requires a reliable and affordable networking infrastructure. The network performance can be expressed by several metrics such as throughput, delay and packet loss. Many networking protocols, standards and technologies were developed without full and thorough examination of the underlying performance metrics. One major metrics is the packet loss as it affects the overall performance of the network. Increased packet lost can lead to increased packets retransmissions and may worsen the network performance. In this paper, we examine the effect of packets loss in different networking scenarios. Results obtained from both simulation and analytical models are reported.