An efficient protocol for call setup and path migration in IEEE 802.6 based personal communication networks

Author

Dong, Xuefeng ; Lai, Ten-Hwang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

46

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

336

Abstract

Recently, DQDB (IEEE 802.6) MAN has been proposed as a component of Personal Communication Networks, in which base stations of wireless infrastructures are connected by a number of DQDBs which in turn are connected via bridges. We propose a protocol for call setup and path migration in a cluster of DQDBs. The protocol uses a link-state-like routing method for path selection and a source-routing-based scheme for path establishment. In addition, we propose a labeling scheme that makes it possible to carry the path information needed by the source routing protocol in a single 53-octet DQDB slot. Without such a labeling scheme, source routing would be inefficient for our purpose

Keywords

access protocols; personal communication networks; wireless LAN; DQDBs; IEEE 802.6; call setup; isochronous channels; link-state-like routing; path migration; personal communication networks; protocol; routing; source-routing; Base stations; Bridges; Communication networks; Communication system control; Intelligent networks; Labeling; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Routing protocols; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.580428

Filename

580428