A movable-boundary channel-access scheme for integrated voice/data networks

Author

Wieselthier, Jeffrey E. ; Ephremides, Anthony

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-11 Apr 1991

Firstpage

721

Abstract

The authors introduce a class of protocols for integrated voice/data radio networks called the voice/data interleaved-frame fixed-length (VD-IFFL) protocols. The IFFL protocols, which are similar to the interleaved-frame flush-out (IFFO) protocols (a class of schemes developed for data-only applications), except that they have a fixed frame length, a desirable feature in voice communication, are discussed. The VD-IFFL protocols use a movable-boundary mechanism to share the channel between voice and data traffic. Voice traffic is handled on a reservation basis, while data traffic is handled using a hybrid IFFL scheme that combines reservation and contention. These protocols are characterized by infinite Markov chains, whose transition probabilities have been evaluated exactly

Keywords

Markov processes; data communication systems; protocols; radio networks; voice communication; contention; data traffic; fixed frame length; infinite Markov chains; integrated voice/data networks; interleaved-frame fixed-length protocols; movable-boundary channel-access scheme; radio networks; reservation basis; transition probabilities; voice communication; Access protocols; Data communication; Delay; Error analysis; Information technology; Laboratories; Radio network; Speech analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '91. Proceedings. Tenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Networking in the 90s., IEEE

Conference_Location

Bal Harbour, FL

Print_ISBN

0-87942-694-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1991.147577

Filename

147577