Title :
Robust broadcast: improving the reliability of broadcast transmissions on CSMA/CA
Author :
Tourrilhes, Jean
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Labs., Bristol, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a scheme to improve the efficiency of radio MAC protocols in the case of broadcast and multicast transmissions, like TCP/IP multicasting. First, the reliability problems with broadcast packets and their consequences are analysed. Then the robust broadcast scheme is presented, which decreases the probability of loss of broadcast packets over MAC protocols based on CSMA/CA. Finally, the new protocol is simulated against other simple solutions to show how it performs
Keywords :
broadcasting; carrier sense multiple access; multicast communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; wireless LAN; CSMA/CA; TCP/IP multicasting; broadcast packets; broadcast transmission reliability; efficiency; loss probability; multicast transmissions; radio MAC protocols; robust broadcast; simulation; wireless LAN; Broadcast technology; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Multicast protocols; Multimedia communication; Radio broadcasting; Robustness; TCPIP; Unicast; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4872-9
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.1998.731349
