ATM traffic management in an LMDS wireless access network

Author

Kuri, Josué ; Gagnaire, Maurice

Author_Institution

ENST, Paris, France

Volume

39

Issue

9

fYear

2001

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

133

Abstract

We investigate the capacity of LMDS to support ATM services in the local loop. In particular, we evaluate the performance of a MAC protocol for this system when transporting voice and IP traffic using the VBR and GFR service categories of ATM, respectively. Our results show that the MAC protocol is well suited for voice traffic but in general lacks efficient bandwidth management mechanisms to support the more dynamic bandwidth requirements of IP traffic.

Keywords

access protocols; broadband networks; buffer storage; digital simulation; packet radio networks; quality of service; radio access networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; voice communication; 26 GHz; 28 GHz; ATM services; ATM traffic management; GFR service; IP traffic transport; LMDS wireless access network; MAC protocol simulator; QoS; VBR service; bandwidth management mechanisms; buffer management; dynamic bandwidth requirements; local loop; performance evaluation; voice traffic; voice transport; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.948410

Filename

948410