An adaptive radio link protocol for infostations

Author

Mao, Hua ; Wu, Gang ; Evans, James ; Caggiano, Michael

Author_Institution

WINLAB, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

1345

Abstract

The infostation concept has been proposed to provide convenient and cost effective access to high-data-rate mobile data services. An efficient IP packet transmission protocol is required to compensate for the high error rate inherent to fading radio channels. A novel link layer scheme employing ARQ (automatic repeat request) is proposed and its performance is analyzed in this paper. This new ARQ scheme adapts to the channel state and achieves a high throughput even when the probability of a packet error approaches 50%. The numerical results show that it provides higher throughput than other comparable ARQ schemes

Keywords

Internet; automatic repeat request; cellular radio; fading channels; packet radio networks; protocols; time division multiple access; time division multiplexing; ARQ; IP packet transmission protocol; adaptive radio link protocol; automatic repeat request; channel state; error rate; fading radio channels; high-data-rate mobile data services; infostations; link layer scheme; packet error; performance; throughput; Access protocols; Automatic repeat request; Costs; Error analysis; Error correction; Fading; Mobile communication; Radio link; Throughput; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.780566

Filename

780566