Abstract
We propose and evaluate the Frame Descriptor Table (FDT) concept, a method to increase efficiency of signalling resource allocation in frame based Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols. MAC protocols for Beyond 3G mobile radio networks, also known as IMT-Advanced systems, will operate on high data rate channels resulting in short packet transmission duration. The scheduling overhead per packet must also be reduced, correspondingly. The new concept is suitable also to reduce the MAC control overhead spent per hop in mobile radio systems with Relay Enhanced Cells (REC)s that apply multi-hop communication by dynamically allocating TDMA channels. This paper’s focus is on performance evaluation of multi-hop scenarios using analytical models and event-driven stochastic simulations. It is shown that FDT based MAC protocols are suited to increase throughput and reduce delay in REC based cellular radio systems.
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Abbreviations
- ACH:
-
Access feedback channel
- B3G:
-
Beyond 3rd generation
- BCH:
-
Broadcast channel
- BS:
-
Base station
- CDMA:
-
Code division multiple access
- DECT:
-
Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications
- DL:
-
Downlink
- EXRR:
-
Exhaustive round robin
- FCH:
-
Frame channel
- FD:
-
Frame descriptor
- FDMA:
-
Frequency division multiple access
- FDT:
-
Frame descriptor table
- FRN:
-
Fixed relay node
- Gbps:
-
Gigabit per second
- GPRS:
-
General packet radio service
- GSM:
-
Global system for mobile communications
- HiperLAN:
-
High performance local area network
- IE:
-
Information element
- IEEE:
-
Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
- IST:
-
Information society technologies
- ITU-R:
-
International telecommunications union – radiocommunications sector
- MAC:
-
Medium access control
- OFDM:
-
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- PHY:
-
Physical layer
- QoS:
-
Quality of service
- RCH:
-
Random access channel
- REC:
-
Relay enhanced cell
- RN:
-
Relay node
- RR:
-
Round robin
- RTS/CTS:
-
Request to send/Clear to send
- RUT:
-
Remote user terminal
- TDMA:
-
Time division multiple access
- UL:
-
Uplink
- UT:
-
User terminal
- VoIP:
-
Voice over internet protocol
- WiMAX:
-
Worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- W-CHAMB:
-
Wireless channel oriented Ad hoc multi-hop
- WINNER:
-
Wireless world initiative new radio
- WLAN:
-
Wireless local area network
- WMAN:
-
Wireless metropolitan area network
- WRC:
-
World radiocommunication conference
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Klein, O., Einhaus, M., Federlin, A. et al. Efficient Multi-hop Communication in Beyond 3G Mobile Radio Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 46, 67–82 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-007-9356-2
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