Stability analysis of the contention mechanism of the PRMA++ protocol

Author

Arregui, Antonio ; Dunlop, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

2124

Abstract

An analytical study of the stability of the contention mechanism of the PRMA++ protocol is presented. The analysis provides a deep insight into the performance of this protocol for voice services. Both a steady state analysis and a dynamic analysis are presented. The dynamic analysis provides an indication of the time it takes the protocol to reach unstable operation, which is used to quantify the relative instability of the contention mechanism. Numerical results show that the dynamic analysis can provide a less conservative design approach than the classical steady state analysis

Keywords

access protocols; cellular radio; packet reservation multiple access; stability; voice communication; PRMA++ protocol; cellular radio; contention mechanism; dynamic analysis; instability; performance; protocol; stability analysis; steady state analysis; unstable operation; voice services; Access protocols; Analytical models; Data communication; Electronic mail; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Performance analysis; Speech analysis; Stability analysis; Steady-state; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686133

Filename

686133