Title :
Performance evaluation of the PRMA protocol for voice and data transmissions in low Earth orbit mobile satellite systems
Author :
Del Re, Enrico ; Fantacci, Romano ; Giambene, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) will provide multimedia services to users in whatever environment via uniform service access procedures. Efficient medium access control (MAC) protocols are needed to guarantee a high capacity. This paper deals with packet reservation multiple access (PRMA), widely considered as an efficient MAC protocol in terrestrial microcellular systems, for voice and data transmissions in a UMTS based on low Earth orbit-mobile satellite systems (LEO-MSSs). Through a suitable choice of the system parameter values, the PRMA protocol may achieve a good quality of service also in LEO-MSSs
Keywords :
access protocols; integrated voice/data communication; mobile satellite communication; packet reservation multiple access; quality of service; LEO-MSS; MAC protocols; PRMA protocol; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; data transmission; low Earth orbit mobile satellite systems; medium access control protocols; performance evaluation; quality of service; voice transmissions; 3G mobile communication; Access protocols; Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Data communication; Low earth orbit satellites; Media Access Protocol; Permission; Satellite broadcasting; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5106-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733662
