An adaptive reservation packet switched multiple access protocol for a wireless network

Abstract

This paper addresses the development of an adaptive packet based reservation multiple access protocol to transmit multimedia traffic over a wireless network. The proposed multiple access protocol is an adaptive version of the BRTDMA (block reservation time division multiple access) protocol where resources are allocated based on traffic type in a network. Resources are allocated in such a way that the quality of service parameters of different class of traffic can be maintained. The resource allocation algorithm allocates resources based on QoS requirements of different types of traffic. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of adaptive resource allocation techniques.