Packet reservation multiple access over erroneous channels

Author

Tan, W.M. ; Chua, K.C. ; Lye, K.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

6-11 Sep 1993

Firstpage

727

Abstract

A reservation-ALOHA protocol in microcellular structure, packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) suits well the characteristics of future microcellular telecommunication systems. However, in erroneous channels, the performance of PRMA degrades because terminals can lose their reservations before talkspurts end. This can lead to increased delay and packet dropping in the middle of the talkspurts, which are highly perceptible. A variation of the PRMA protocol, called modified-PRMA (MPRMA), is proposed for improved performance in erroneous channels. Its performance is investigated mathematically and validated by simulations. Performance improvement is observed for both error-free and erroneous channels. MPRMA supports 36 speech terminals with less than 1% packets dropped when packet header error rate is 0.01. In comparison, PRMA supports only 32 terminals under similar conditions

Keywords

cellular radio; delays; packet radio networks; packet reservation multiple access; telecommunication channels; delay; erroneous channels; microcellular telecommunication systems; packet dropping; packet reservation multiple access; performance; Access protocols; Base stations; Broadcasting; Character generation; Degradation; Delay; Downlink; Error analysis; Feedback; Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 1993. International Conference on Information Engineering '93. 'Communications and Networks for the Year 2000', Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1445-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICON.1993.515684

Filename

515684