ATM cell transmission over the IEEE 802.11 wireless MAC protocol

Author

Sfikas, G. ; Tafazolli, R. ; Evans, B.G.

Author_Institution

Mobile Commun. Res. Group, Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

15-18 Oct 1996

Firstpage

173

Abstract

The growing acceptance of the ATM as the transfer mechanism of the future B-ISDN, the increasing user requirements for portability and mobility and the increasing power of the portable devices, have led many researchers to investigate the transmission of ATM cells over a wireless medium. This paper discusses the necessary extensions to the B-ISDN protocol reference model, in order to support mobile applications. Finally, the IEEE 802.11 MAC layer protocol and its ability to transport ATM cells, preserving the delay requirements of the delay-sensitive applications, are investigated

Keywords

B-ISDN; IEEE standards; access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; delays; land mobile radio; mobile radio; network topology; radio networks; 2 Mbit/s; ATM cell transmission; B-ISDN protocol reference model; IEEE 802.11 wireless MAC protocol; MAC layer protocol; delay requirements; delay sensitive applications; mobility; network topology; portability; portable devices; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Quality of service; Wide area networks; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1996. PIMRC'96., Seventh IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3692-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1996.567540

Filename

567540