Adequacy between multimedia application requirements and wireless protocols features

Author

Mercier, Antoine ; Minet, Pascale ; George, Laurent ; Mercier, Gilles

Author_Institution

Comput. & Telecommun. Sci. Sch., Ecole Centrale d´´Electronique, France

Volume

9

Issue

6

fYear

2002

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Wireless networks come in force into the market of computer communications. Unfortunately, several standards coexist (e.g., IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, HomeRF, HIPERLAN), leading to various types of products. The purpose of this article is to present an overview of those standards and to establish a comparative evaluation. We mainly focus on the medium access control protocols and their ability to support the quality of service required by multimedia applications. Those protocols generally support two modes of operation, a random access mode for asynchronous traffic and a polling mode for real-time synchronous traffic. This article analyzes each protocol´s ability to support user QoS requirements.

Keywords

Bluetooth; IEEE standards; access protocols; multimedia communication; quality of service; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; Bluetooth; HIPERLAN; HomeRF; IEEE 802.11; QoS requirements; asynchronous traffic; computer communications; medium access control protocols; multimedia application; multimedia applications; polling mode; quality of service; random access mode; real-time synchronous traffic; standards; wireless networks; wireless protocols; Centralized control; Communication system control; Costs; Network topology; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2002.1160078

Filename

1160078