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IrBurst Modelling and Performance Analysis in the Presence of Transmission Errors

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IrBurst is a session/presentation layer protocol dedicated for high speed large volume information transfer over IrDA links. The protocol is developed by IrDA in order to complement the existing protocol OBEX which is best suited for small files. This paper presents a mathematical model for IrBurst over the IrDA protocol stacks taking into account the presence of bit errors and multiple simultaneously applications. The performance of IrBurst is examined considering TinyTP buffer sizes and the number of IrBurst application connections as parameters. The contribution of this work is to develop a mathematical model for IrBurst, investigate the compatibility of IrBurst to low layer protocols, as well as providing suitable design guidelines for IrDA devices for high performance of IrBurst.

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Pi Huang received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Central Lancashire, U.K., in 2001, the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications from University College London, U.K., in 2002 and the Ph.D degree in the Personal Wireless Networks and Outdoor Optical Links from Bournemouth University, U.K., in 2006. He is currently working in wireless solution division of British Telecom. His research focuses on performance modelling and analysis as well as discrete-event simulation of wireless communication protocols and wireless communication networks. He has published over 20 papers in the areas of wireless communications.

Anthony C. Boucouvalas has worked at GEC Hirst Research Centre, and became Group Leader and Divisional Chief Scientist until 1987, when he joined Hewlett Packard (HP) Laboratories as Project Manager. He joined Bournemouth University in 1994 and became a Professor in Multimedia Communications in 1996, and in 1999 became Director of the Microelectronics and Multimedia Research Centre. His current research interests span the fields of wireless communications, optical fibre communications and components, multimedia communications, and human-computer interfaces, where he has published over 200 papers. He has contributed to the formation of IrDA as an industry standard and he is now a Member of the IrDA Architectures Council. He is a Fellow of Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, (FRSA) and a Fellow of IEE, (FIEE). In 2002 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), for contributions to optical fibre components and optical wireless communications. He is an Editor of numerous Journals and in the Organising committee of many conferences.

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Huang, P., Boucouvalas, A.C. IrBurst Modelling and Performance Analysis in the Presence of Transmission Errors. Wireless Pers Commun 41, 111–125 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-006-9131-9

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