Citation link: 10.1155/2018/7320989
Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat
Grigoriu_Availability_of_a_hybrid.pdf1.5 MBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open
Dokument Type: Article
metadata.dc.title: Availability of a hybrid FSO/RF link while using the link’s diversity for packet scheduling
Authors: Grigoriu, Liliana 
Institute: Zentrum für Infomations- und Medientechnologie (ZIMT) 
Free keywords: Free space optical links, Radio frequency wireless links, Quality of service, Link layer protocol
Dewey Decimal Classification: 004 Informatik
GHBS-Clases: TWPF
YFY
YGA
Issue Date: 2018
Publish Date: 2018
Source: Wireless communications and mobile computing ; Volume 2018, Article ID 7320989. - DOI: 10.1155/2018/7320989
Abstract: 
Hybrid-free space optical and radio frequency wireless links are a way of providing reliable transport of real-time traffic in outdoor wireless environments. We consider a link layer protocol that assigns packets to each physical channel of such a hybrid link, which first attempts to send each packet over one of the links (the main link) and, if unsuccessful, sends the packet over the other link (the backup link). The hybrid link processes high-priority traffic by using the link layer protocol and additional (background) traffic at low priority over the backup link. In this setting, high-priority traffic can be transmitted at a rate as high as the maximum capacity of the main link, assuming that the backup link can compensate for main link capacity deterioration, with no need for reconfigurations aimed at adapting to changes in weather conditions, which is an advantage over other approaches. From the perspective of link availability for high-priority traffic, we compare our approach to using another protocol that does not require reconfigurations, which could be employed if the backup link is expected to have a constant transmission rate during the time interval of interest. For situations where both links can be represented by finite-state Markov models with states corresponding to channel bit error rates, as has been done in previous literature for radio frequency links and for free space optical links affected by strong atmospheric turbulence and Gaussian noise, we give a way to provide probabilistic quality of service guarantees for background traffic assuming that the high-priority traffic is insured to not exceed a given constant rate.
Description: 
Finanziert aus dem DFG-geförderten Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universität Siegen für Zeitschriftenartikel
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7320989
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:467-13327
URI: https://dspace.ub.uni-siegen.de/handle/ubsi/1332
License: https://dspace.ub.uni-siegen.de/static/license.txt
Appears in Collections:Geförderte Open-Access-Publikationen

This item is protected by original copyright

Show full item record

Page view(s)

455
checked on Mar 28, 2024

Download(s)

155
checked on Mar 28, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.