Protocol optimization using discrete channel statistics

Author

Kelly, Owen E. ; Babich, Fulvio

Author_Institution

Wireless Inf. Network Lab., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

469

Abstract

This paper presents initial results on the application of Markov control process (MCP) theory to optimization of cost functions related to wireless communication channels subject to fading. Markov control process theory and Markov models of the fading channel are combined to solve the problem of designing a variable packet length protocol for the fading channel. The protocol selects the current packet length as a function of the recent fading history of the channel. This work makes use of previous empirical and analytical results in the construction of Markov descriptions of fast fading

Keywords

Markov processes; fading channels; optimisation; packet radio networks; protocols; statistical analysis; Markov control process theory; Markov models; analytical results; cost functions; discrete channel statistics; empirical results; fading channel; fading history; fast fading; packet length; protocol optimization; variable packet length protocol; wireless communication channels; Communication system control; Cost function; Fading; Markov processes; Optimization methods; Process control; Protocols; Rayleigh channels; Statistics; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733022

Filename

733022