Title :
A medium access protocol for wireless LANs which supports isochronous and asynchronous traffic
Author :
Romans, Chris ; Tourrilhes, Jean
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs., Bristol, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we present a medium access control (MAC) protocol for a wireless LAN which is designed to support both isochronous (voice) and asynchronous (data) traffic. The protocol is designed for use in a frequency hopping system and uses a TDMA access protocol to support voice and a CSMA/CA access protocol to support data. A wireless LAN using this protocol can be operated as either an ad-hoc network (in which case only the data service is supported) or as a managed network under the control of a control point or base station (in which case the voice service is also supported)
Keywords :
access protocols; carrier sense multiple access; frequency hop communication; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; CSMA/CA access protocol; MAC protocol; TDMA access protocol; ad-hoc network; asynchronous traffic; data traffic; frequency hopping system; isochronous traffic; managed network; medium access control protocol; network architecture; voice traffic; wireless LAN; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Base stations; Communication system traffic control; Frequency; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Time division multiple access; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
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.1998.733532
