Wireless Internet over LMDS: architecture and experimental implementation

Author

Mähönen, Petri ; Saarinen, Tommi ; Shelby, Zach ; Muñoz, Luis

Author_Institution

Oulu Univ., Finland

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

132

Abstract

LMDS is currently a promising emerging technology in broadband fixed wireless communications. The cellular structure, high data rates, and flexibility make it perfect for multimedia, digital television, and interactive services. These high-bandwidth multimedia services received most of the research attention until lately. There has been a clear gap when considering UDP/TCP/IP and other data services over LMDS. We examine the ramifications of using standard TCP/IP data communication over a two-layer LMDS system. We argue that the former emphasis only on multimedia and ATM-based communication over LMDS was a mistake. The most exciting prospect for LMDS should be in the role of enabling Internet and data services together with multimedia. We introduce a basic architecture for two-layer IP-LMDS based on a trial network built between 1996 and 2000

Keywords

Internet; broadband networks; cellular radio; data communication; digital television; interactive systems; multimedia communication; radio access networks; transport protocols; ATM-based communication; Internet services; MAC protocol; TCP/IP data communication; UDP/TCP/IP; broadband fixed wireless communications; cellular structure; data services; digital television; high data rates; high-bandwidth multimedia services; interactive services; multimedia; multimedia communication; standardisation; two-layer IP-LMDS architecture; wireless Internet over LMDS; Architecture; Bandwidth; Europe; Frequency; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Multimedia systems; TCPIP; Web and internet services; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.920867

Filename

920867