Title :
Performance evaluation of the IS-136 DCCH reverse access channel mechanism
Author :
Naim, G. ; Barbosa, Luis Orozco
Author_Institution :
Nortel Cellular Syst. Dev., Nepean, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
With the ever evolving mobile cellular technology, more standards are being defined and upgraded with the goal to provide better quality of service as well as higher capacity. This paper focuses on the performance of the mobile/wireless network interface for IS-136, a North-American standard for digital cellular systems. There is no doubt that the voice service can be affordable but how the interface reacts to the addition of a short message service (SMS) is still under investigation. A study of the reverse access control protocol of the IS-136 digital control channel (DCCH) is provided and performance results are presented taking into consideration different set-ups for the access control parameters and support for SMS. Finally, guidelines are provided on how to set-up the system
Keywords :
access protocols; cellular radio; digital radio; multiuser channels; network interfaces; telecommunication control; telecommunication standards; time division multiple access; voice communication; IS-136 DCCH; North-American standard; QoS; TDMA; access control parameters; channel capacity; digital cellular systems; digital control channel; mobile cellular technology; mobile/wireless network interface; performance evaluation; performance results; quality of service; reverse access channel mechanism; reverse access control protocol; short message service; system set-up; voice service; Access control; Cellular networks; Downlink; Guidelines; Message service; Quality of service; Standards development; Telephony; Time division multiple access; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. ICC '99. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5284-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1999.767965
