Design and analysis of a prioritized adaptive multiple access scheme for VoIP over WLANs

Bing Feng, Zhen Wang, Chi Zhang, Yuguang Fang

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

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Abstract

Voice capacity over wireless local area networks (WLANs) can be increased by the statistical multiplexing among on/off voice calls. However, in previously proposed schemes, the admitted voice calls that transit from silence state to talkspurt state are mixed up with the new voice calls to contend for the channel. The increase in the traffic load of new voice users could degrade the performance of ongoing voice calls. In this paper, we propose a novel MAC scheme for VoIP over WLANs, referred to as PAMA (Prioritized Adaptive Multiple Access). The key features of the proposed scheme are that 1) the admitted voice calls have higher priority access to the channel than the new voice calls, based on the fact that maintaining the required QoS of ongoing calls is more important than admitting new calls; 2) the dedicated contention window for admitted voice calls is dynamically adjusted according to the current estimation of the number of active ongoing voice calls to guarantee the QoS requirements; 3) a two-state Markov model is established to evaluate the system performance. Analytical and simulation results demonstrate that PAMA can increase the voice capacity while still satisfying the QoS of admitted voice calls.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Print)9781479959525
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event58th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 6 Dec 201510 Dec 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015

Conference

Conference58th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015
PlaceUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period6/12/1510/12/15

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