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Efficient Multi-hop Communication in Beyond 3G Mobile Radio Networks

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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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    Ole Klein, Michael Einhaus, Alexander Federlin & Erik Weiss

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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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