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| Title | A MAC protocol for supporting real-time VBR traffic over IEEE 802.14 based HFC access networks |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Elfeitori, A. A., and H. Alnuweiri |
| Conference Name | Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 IEEE Canadian Conference on |
| Pagination | 197 -201 vol.1 |
| Keywords | access protocols, asynchronous transfer mode, ATM networks, ATM traffic, bandwidth utilization, cable television, delay sensitive traffic, end-to-end network solution, HFC CATV network, hybrid fiber coaxial access networks, hybrid fibre coax networks, IEEE 802.14 based HFC access networks, MAC protocol, medium access control protocol, QoS, quality of service, real-time traffic, real-time video, real-time voice, RT-VBR traffic, telecommunication traffic, variable bit rate traffic, VBR traffic |
| Abstract | We propose enhancements to the IEEE 802.14 medium access control (MAC) protocol to facilitate supporting delay sensitive asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic over hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access networks. The proposed MAC enhancements are aimed at supporting real-time variable bit rate RT-VBR traffic such as real-time voice and video. The proposed MAC enhancements improve bandwidth utilization, while maintaining a good quality of service (QoS) for RT-VBR traffic. Our proposal facilitates the interconnection with ATM networks, and therefore, provides for an end-to-end ATM solution |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.1999.807195 |
| DOI | 10.1109/CCECE.1999.807195 |