TDMA frame synchronization of mobile stations using a radio clock signal for short range communications

Author

Zhu, Wei

Author_Institution

Aachen Univ. of Technolog., Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

8-10 Jun 1994

Firstpage

1878

Abstract

A frame/slot synchronization protocol called ESDA (external synchronization with decentral adjustment) to support real time oriented TDMA channel switched medium access for short range mobile radio networks (SR-MRN) is described. This protocol is based on an external time signal of the radio clock DCF77 to establish a global synchronization, and a decentralized synchronization algorithm to adjust the synchronization time point to achieve the required precision. Experimental and simulative results show that this method can achieve the required precision, and is suitable for commercial application because of its cheapness. It is superior to totally decentralized methods

Keywords

data communication; land mobile radio; road vehicles; synchronisation; time division multiple access; 60 GHz; EHF; ESDA; SR-MRN; TDMA frame synchronization; decentralized synchronization algorithm; external synchronization with decentral adjustment; external time signal; frame/slot synchronization protocol; mobile stations; radio clock DCF77; radio clock signal; real time oriented TDMA channel switched medium access; short range communications; short range mobile radio networks; Access protocols; Clocks; Communication networks; Communication switching; Costs; Frequency synchronization; Mobile communication; Performance evaluation; Receivers; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1927-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1994.345426

Filename

345426