Multimedia transport in next-generation personal communication networks

Author

Raychaudhuri, D. ; Wilson, N.

Author_Institution

David Sarnoff Res. Center, Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

858

Abstract

A discussion of issues related to the support of multimedia traffic in next-generation personal communication networks (PCNs) is presented. Broadband integrated services digital network/asynchronous transfer mode (B-ISDN/ATM) compatibility is proposed as a basis for next-generation PCN transport architectures. This implies that a multimedia-capable PCN should support ATM-type cell switching of constant bit-rate (CBR) and variable bit-rate (VBR) services, both real-time and non real-time. Media access control (MAC) protocol selection for such a multimedia traffic scenario is discussed, and specific technical issues related to alternative time division multiple access (TDMA) and code division multiple access (CDMA) approaches are identified. An example demand assigned TDMA protocol is considered in further detail, with particular focus on a traffic mix consisting of CBR voice and VBR data with real-time constraints (e.g., compressed video). Simulation models are used to provide illustrative performance results

Keywords

B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; channel capacity; code division multiple access; data communication; demand assigned multiple access; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; personal communication networks; radio spectrum management; real-time systems; technological forecasting; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; voice communication; ATM; B-ISDN; CDMA; PCN transport architectures; asynchronous transfer mode; cell switching; code division multiple access; demand assigned TDMA protocol; multimedia traffic; next-generation personal communication networks; performance; real-time constraints; time division multiple access; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Communication switching; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Next generation networking; Personal communication networks; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397394

Filename

397394