A simple adaptive data link protocol for performance enhancement on networks with variable-quality links

Author

Onunga, John O. ; Donaldson, Robert W.

Author_Institution

Kenya Posts & Telecomm. Corp., Nairobi, Kenya

fYear

1991

fDate

9-10 May 1991

Firstpage

554

Abstract

The authors propose an automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme in which either single or multiple (N) packet copies are transmitted, depending on the channel state. Channel state estimates are based on the receipt or absence of acknowledgements. When N packet copies are transmitted, code combining using majority voting on each packet is used to significantly improve performance. Throughput efficiency is calculated for send-and-wait (SW) flow control vs. channel error probability for various N values. The algorithm was implemented on a noisy, five-station intrabuilding power line data network at 1.2, 2.4, 4.8, and 9.6 kbit/ s. When this scheme was used, measured delay and throughput performance the LAN improved dramatically over that obtained using conventional SW ARQ

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; codes; local area networks; packet switching; protocols; telecommunication channels; 1.2 kbit/s; 2.4 kbit/s; 4.8 kbit/s; 9.6 kbit/s; LAN; acknowledgements; adaptive data link protocol; automatic repeat request; channel error probability; channel state; code combining; majority voting; measured delay; packet copies; packet switching networks; power line data network; send and wait flow control; throughput performance; variable-quality links; Automatic repeat request; Databases; Delay; Error correction; Error probability; Protocols; State estimation; Telecommunications; Throughput; Voting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1991., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-87942-638-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1991.160799

Filename

160799