A survey of MAC protocols proposed for wireless ATM

Author

Sánchez, Jaime ; Martinez, Ralph ; Marcellin, Michael W.

Author_Institution

Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1997

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

62

Abstract

Wireless ATM (W-ATM) networks have been studied extensively. The extension of ATM network services to the wireless environment faces many interesting problems. The original ATM network was designed for high-speed noiseless, reliable channels. None of these characteristics are applicable to the wireless channel. One of the most critical aspects of a W-ATM network is the medium access control (MAC) protocol used by mobile terminals (MTs) to request service from the base station (BS), which has to consider the quality of service (QoS) of the specific application. In this article the authors analyze some MAC protocols, particularly those for TDMA systems, and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords

access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; frequency division multiplexing; land mobile radio; time division multiple access; MAC protocols; QoS; TDMA; W-ATM; base station; medium access control; mobile terminals; quality of service; wireless ATM; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Base stations; Frequency; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Physical layer; Quality of service; Time division multiple access; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.642360

Filename

642360