A cross layer scheme for maximising the combination of wireless VoIP capacity and quality

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A cross layer scheme for maximising the combination of wireless VoIP capacity and quality

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Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing: Connecting the World Wirelessly table of contents

Leipzig, Germany

SESSION: Cross-layer wireless networks (Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Networks symp.) table of contents

Pages: 148-153

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-569-7

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Terence Chen	University of NSW, Kensington, Australia
Roksana Boreli	University of NSW, Kensington, Australia
Thava Iyer	National ICT Australia, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
: Wiley-Blackwell

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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We present a novel mechanism for adjusting the combination of the number of simultaneous VoIP calls and voice quality, based on the monitored WiMax link parameters. We have implemented this mechanism which combines call admission control and setting of variable voice codec rate (and corresponding quality) dynamically in the Asterix PBX using the Speex voice codec. The mechanism includes dynamic parameter adjustments of currently active VoIP calls, with the capability to change quality on a per voice frame basis. It additionally limits acceptance of new calls until there is sufficient capacity to maintain a pre-defined minimum quality for the existing calls. We have also implemented the wireless link capacity estimator, which, based on the parameters measured in the receiver, estimates the data rate currently available on the wireless link. Our implementation is for a pre-WiMax service offered by UNWIRED in Australia. We show that the proposed cross layer optimisation enables a larger number of calls with improved voice quality, compared to a fixed scheme. We are currently working with a certified WiMax equipment supplier and we plan to extend the scheme to full WiMax implementation.

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