A multimedia MAC protocol for distributed DS mobile radio networks

Author

Balaji, R.T. ; Baum, C.W.

Author_Institution

Clemson Univ., SC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

977

Abstract

This paper presents a distributed multimedia media-access control protocol that is specifically designed for half-duplex radios and direct-sequence signaling. Each radio can transmit and receive random-access data and simultaneously support several virtual-circuit connections. A reservation-based approach with active acknowledgments is used for the transmission of random-access data. Virtual-circuit data is transmitted periodically, and associated with each virtual circuit connection are periodically broadcast control packets containing channel-access information. The content of the control packets is used by other radios to avoid contention. Numerical results show that the protocol outperforms a number of related alternatives.

Keywords

access protocols; data communication; military communication; mobile radio; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; packet switching; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication signalling; MAC protocol; active acknowledgments; channel-access information; contention avoidance; control packets; direct-sequence signaling; distributed mobile radio networks; distributed multimedia protocol; half duplex radios; media access control protocol; military communication; random-access data transmission; reservation- based approach; virtual-circuit connections; Access protocols; Circuits; Delay; Distributed control; Land mobile radio; Media Access Protocol; Radio control; Signal design; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985985

Filename

985985