Title :
Multiple access protocol for an underground mobile communication system
Author :
Yin, Zhong Jun ; Chung, Kah-Seng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Curtin Univ. of Technol., Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
This paper studies the multiple access technique adopted in the MINECOM system, a versatile micro-cellular mobile communications network specifically designed for underground mining aimed at providing reliable communications for multiple channels of two-way voice, monitoring data, control signals, and eventually compressed digital video. The MINECOM multiple access protocol is a variant of a reservation MAC protocol with a slotted ALOHA packet reservation channel utilizing the TDD technique, or a TDD R-ALOHA. The performance of the MINECOM protocol is analyzed in terms of throughput and average message delay by the EPA (equilibrium point analysis) method
Keywords :
data communication; data compression; delays; integrated voice/data communication; microcellular radio; mining; monitoring; multiuser channels; packet reservation multiple access; radio links; video coding; voice communication; EPA method; MINECOM system; TDD R-ALOHA; TDD technique; approximate model; average message delay; compressed digital video; control signals; equilibrium point analysis; micro-cellular mobile communications network; monitoring data; multiple access protocol; multiple channels; performance; reliable communications; reservation MAC protocol; slotted ALOHA packet reservation channel; throughput; two-way voice; underground mining; underground mobile communication system; uplink; Access protocols; Communication system control; Control systems; Media Access Protocol; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Signal design; Telecommunication network reliability; Video compression;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney,NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4984-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.775927
