An integrated packet reservation multiple access protocol

The authors propose an integrated packet reservation multiple access (IPRMA) protocol for transmitting both speech and data information. Different reservation mechanisms are available to transmit speech and data packets. The protocol includes a priority mechanism which ensures that speech users have greater access to idle slots since speech packets have a more demanding delay constraint. The proposed scheme is shown to provide equitable access to channel resources for both types of users in a packet radio environment, yielding improvements in overall system performance while significantly increasing data throughput compared to a system without data packet reservation