A variant of the CSMA protocol suitable for a mobile radio LAN

Author

Chua, K.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1354

Abstract

A variant of the carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocol known as idle-signal casting multiple access (ICMA), which is suitable for use in a mobile radio LAN where the effect of multipath signal fading on the performance of the protocol is not insignificant, is described and analyzed. The analysis differs from previous work in that the model incorporates specifically the effects of signal fading on channel access and packet transmission. Numerical results, which are validated by simulation results, are obtained using a realistic example to permit a quantitative study of the performance of the protocol

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; fading; local area networks; mobile radio systems; packet radio networks; protocols; CSMA protocol; ICMA; carrier sense multiple access; channel access; idle-signal casting multiple access; mobile radio LAN; multipath signal fading; packet transmission; performance; Access protocols; Base stations; Downlink; Fading; Land mobile radio; Local area networks; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Radio broadcasting; Signal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1992. Conference Record., GLOBECOM '92. Communication for Global Users., IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0608-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1992.276612

Filename

276612