Beyond 4G: Open Source Telecom Leveraging MIMO and Distributed P2P Connectivity for Wired Independence

Author

Bhattacharjee, Tirtharaj ; Petersen, Brent R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. Fredericton, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

fYear

2008

fDate

5-8 May 2008

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

124

Abstract

With the advent of multi-processing and multi-core systems, parallels in multiplexing radio-frequency (RF) transmission by Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) is advantageous. Convergence architecture for Beyond- Fourth-Generation (B4G) communications is considered utilizing open standards, MIMO and P2P topology. The system is observed as a software host-media-processing (HMP) appliance aggregated with modularized interfacing for distributed network communications. Experiments conducted on the modular interfacing components demonstrate active and passive wireless link properties of 802.11 b, g and n under LOS, NLOS, VLOS scenarios as compared to Ethernet. Codec´s used in the system (G711a, G711u, G723.1, G726-32, and G729a) for communication are tested under QoS bandwidth starvation for behavior of bi-directional throughput within the networked system. UDP protocol saturation tests on IPv6 and IPv4 are conducted. The model of the appliance is proposed for voice, data, and video communications anytime, anywhere.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; MIMO communication; multiplexing; peer-to-peer computing; quality of service; telecommunication network topology; transport protocols; IPv4; IPv6; QoS bandwidth starvation; UDP protocol saturation tests; beyond 4G communication; distributed P2P topology; multicore system; multiple-input-multiple-output system; multiplexing radio-frequency transmission; multiprocessing; open source telecom leveraging MIMO; open standard; software host-media-processing; Communication standards; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Convergence; Ethernet networks; Home appliances; MIMO; Radio frequency; System testing; Telecommunication network topology; MIMO systems; Telephone exchanges; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2008. CNSR 2008. 6th Annual

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3135-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNSR.2008.71

Filename

4519847