Title :
Performance evaluation of a reservation TDMA protocol for voice/data transmission in microcellular systems
Author :
Fantacci, Romano ; Nannicini, Saverio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper deals with a random reservation TDMA protocol able to support constant bit rate services as well as variable bit rate services. In particular, voice communications and data transmissions are considered. Voice terminals have a higher priority assigned than data terminals in accessing the shared channel. A suitable analytical approach is proposed in order to evaluate the data and voice subsystem performance. Comparisons to the well known PRMA scheme are also given in order to highlight the superior performance of the proposed approach in terms of maximum data load and overall throughput.
Keywords :
access protocols; integrated voice/data communication; microcellular radio; packet radio networks; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; constant bit rate services; data terminals; data transmissions; maximum data load; microcellular systems; overall throughput; performance evaluation; reservation TDMA protocol; shared channel; subsystem performance; variable bit rate services; voice communications; voice terminals; voice/data transmission; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Data communication; Permission; Personal communication networks; Quality of service; Speech analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
