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A multiple access scheme for wireless access to a broadband ATM LAN based on polling and sectored antennas

  • Ashraf S. Mahmoud*
  • , David D. Falconer
  • , Samy A. Mahmoud
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An adaptive polling scheme for multiple access in a broadband wireless local area networks (LAN's) is proposed. It is designed to accommodate asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic with a large and variable range of bit rates. The radio architecture is microcellular, with switched sectored-beam antennas and a small frequency reuse factor. Features of the multiple access scheme include polling rate depending on a terminal's average bit rate, fixed-length frames divided into segments corresponding to base antenna sectors, and automatic-repeat-request (ARQ) for error control, combined with randomized sector segment ordering. The steady-state performance (cell loss, call blocking and dropping probabilities, waiting time, and buffer occupancy) are evaluated by simulation for an open indoor environment, and for handoff, ARQ, and simple power control enhancements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)596-608
Number of pages13
JournalIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1996
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript revised October 18, 1995. This work was supported by the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research (CITR) under a Grant from the NCE program of the Government of Canada. This paper was presented at the Sixth IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’95), Toronto, C,anada, September 27-29, 1995.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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