ATM infrared wireless LANs: a proposed architecture

Author

Theodorou, Pavlos ; Elmirghani, J.M.H. ; Cryan, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Northumbria Univ., Newcastle, UK

Volume

36

Issue

12

fYear

1998

fDate

12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

123

Abstract

As infrared wireless LANs for in-building applications become more popular because of their many advantages, it is of interest to design such LANs to support the ATM protocol and therefore provide wireless access to fixed ATM networks. The architecture of such a LAN is presented in this article. Emphasis is placed on the protocol stacks of the model to provide seamless operation with the wired network, on the cellular topology, and on the MAC protocol. Under the proposed topology the system performance is revealed in terms of packet dropping probability, average access delay, channel throughput, and statistical multiplexing gain for a range of system parameters

Keywords

access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; network topology; subscriber loops; wireless LAN; ATM infrared wireless LAN; MAC protocol; architecture; average access delay; cellular topology; channel throughput; fixed ATM networks; in-building application; packet dropping probability; protocol stacks; seamless operation; statistical multiplexing gain; system performance; wired network; wireless access; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Cellular networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Probability; System performance; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.735889

Filename

735889