Perspectives on the impact of fading on protocols for wireless networks

Author

Rao, Ramesh R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

17-19 Dec 1997

Firstpage

489

Lastpage

493

Abstract

In this survey paper, we examine issues that arise at progressively higher layers of protocol stacks as a consequence of fading at the physical layer. One recurring theme that is uncovered is the sensitivity of the performance at essentially every level to the higher order statistics of the error process. This leads us to emphasize the need to understand, track and manage the higher order statistics of the error process that is passed up by the physical layer. This representative survey is by no means comprehensive

Keywords

access protocols; coding errors; error correction codes; error statistics; fading; higher order statistics; land mobile radio; radio networks; reviews; telecommunication channels; transport protocols; Aloha; MAC protocol; TCP; error process; fading; higher order statistics; mobile radio; performance; physical layer; protocol stacks; wireless networks; Fading; Fluctuations; Higher order statistics; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Rayleigh channels; Transport protocols; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4298-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1997.655568

Filename

655568