Data transmission over cellular radio systems using a single radio frequency

Author

Hafez, H.M. ; Nehme, George H.

Author_Institution

Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1988

fDate

13-17 Jun 1988

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

370

Abstract

An efficient data transmission strategy is proposed for existing cellular radio systems. The scheme utilizes only a single radio channel to carry all data traffic in all cells. The cells share the channel on a time-division basis with time slot reuse. The time slot is selected slightly larger than the size of the packet, so that only one packet can be transmitted in a slot. The time slot rotates among adjacent cells according to a predetermined hopping pattern. When the slot becomes available to a certain cell, the mobile units within that cell compete for it using a slotted ALOHA-type access protocol. It is demonstrated that this type of access strategy is efficient and simple to implement within the structure of existing networks

Keywords

cellular radio; data communication systems; frequency agility; protocols; time division multiplexing; cellular radio systems; data traffic; efficient data transmission strategy; mobile units; predetermined hopping pattern; single radio frequency; slotted ALOHA-type access protocol; time slot reuse; time-division basis; Channel capacity; Computer simulation; Data communication; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Packet switching; Radio frequency; Switching circuits; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnics, 1988. Conference Proceedings on Area Communication, EUROCON 88., 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.1988.11178

Filename

11178