Performance evaluation of the mi-mac protocol for the integration of h.264 video, voice and wap traffic over wireless cellular networks

ABSTRACT

In recent work, we have introduced MI-MAC (Multimedia Integration Multiple Access Control), a new access control protocol for wireless cellular networks. MI-MAC was shown to be a good candidate for next generation wireless cellular networks, due to its superior performance in comparison to other (TDMA and WCDMA-based) protocols in the literature when integrating various types of multimedia traffic. In the present work we proceed further with the study of MI-MAC's efficiency, by evaluating its ability to efficiently integrate streams from latest technology video encoders with other types of packet traffic over noisy wireless networks. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first works in the literature to study the integration of H.264 streams with other types of multimedia traffic over wireless cellular networks.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.2 Network Protocols

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Performance

Keywords:
H.264 video traffic, MAC protocol, cellular networks