Title: Resource allocation for real-time and multimedia communications in TDMA-based wireless networks

Authors: Imad Jawhar, Jie Wu

Addresses: College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Abstract: In order to support multimedia traffic, QoS routing protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) allow finding a path between two nodes which satisfies the application layer|s minimum bandwidth requirements. Currently, such protocols exist for TDMA, and CDMA-over-TDMA environments. However, these protocols do not account for race conditions which can become more significant with increased node mobility, network density and higher traffic loads. This paper provides a QoS routing protocol which enables the network to cope with this and other related problems such as parallel reservations. Furthermore, additional optimisations, which significantly enhance network throughput and efficiency are provided.

Keywords: MANETs; mobile ad hoc networks; QoS; quality of service; routing; TDMA; time division multiple access; wireless networks; mobile networks; resource allocation; real-time communications; multimedia communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2009.027480

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2009 Vol.4 No.5, pp.304 - 319

Published online: 26 Jul 2009 *

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