Experiences from Implementing a Mobile Multiplayer Real-Time Game for Wireless Networks with High Latency

Table 2

Transfer time for various wireless networks (40–760 bits).

Protocol	UDP				TCP
Network	GPRS	EDGE	UMTS	WLAN	GPRS	EDGE	UMTS	WLAN
Min	0.467 s	0.349 s	0.196 s	0.006 s	1.652 s	0.763 s	0.573 s	0.029 s
Max	0.531 s	0.410 s	0.277 s	0.007 s	2.862 s	1.127 s	0.979 s	0.035 s
Average	0.492 s	0.366 s	0.241 s	0.007 s	2.186 s	0.897 s	0.753 s	0.032 s
Min size	520 bits	440 bits	40 bits	40 bits	200 bits	120 bits	40 bits	200 bits
Max size	200 bits	760 bits	760 bits	760 bits	760 bits	680 bits	760 bits	760 bits