Impact of ARQ protocols on QoS in 3GPP systems

Author

Chiasserini, Carla-Fabiana ; Meo, Michela

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

52

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

1/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

215

Abstract

Traffic transmission over the radio channel requires appropriate techniques to preserve information integrity while maintaining the desired quality of service (QoS) and energy constraints. We focus on a possible configuration of the automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol defined in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technical specifications. A Markov model is developed in order to study the protocol behavior as channel characteristics change. Through this model, we evaluate the impact of the 3GPP ARQ scheme on the QoS of traffic services such as data file transfer and IP telephony. In the case of data transfer, a tradeoff between loss probability and energy efficiency is derived. In the case of IP telephony, we investigate the possibility of guaranteeing low maximum delay and low jitter by adopting the ARQ protocol as an error-recovery scheme.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Internet telephony; Markov processes; automatic repeat request; cellular radio; data communication; delays; error correction; jitter; probability; protocols; quality of service; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; 3GPP systems; ARQ protocols; IP telephony; Markov model; QoS; Third Generation Partnership Project; automatic repeat request protocol; data file transfer; delay; energy efficiency; error recovery; evolved GSM network; jitter; loss probability; quality of service; Automatic repeat request; Delay; Energy efficiency; Jitter; Performance analysis; Protocols; Quality of service; Radio transmitters; Telephony; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2002.807146

Filename

1193106