Performance of ATM networks under hybrid ARQ/FEC error controlscheme

In ATM networks, fixed-length cells are transmitted. A cell may be discarded during the transmission due to buffer overflow or detection of errors. Cell discarding seriously degrades transmission quality. This paper analyzes a hybrid automatic repeat request/forward error control (ARQ/FEC) cell-loss recovery scheme that is applied to virtual circuits (VCs) of ATM networks. FEC is performed based on a simple single-parity code, while a Go-Back-N ARQ is employed on top of that. Both throughput efficiency and reliability analysis of the hybrid scheme are presented. In the process we investigate the interactive effects of the network parameters (number of transit nodes, traffic intensity, ARQ packet length, …) on the performance. The analysis provides a method for optimizing the FEC code size for a given network specification     

A cell loss recovery method using FEC in ATM networks

A cell loss recovery method to be applied to the virtual paths (VPs) of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks is introduced. The method uses forward error correction (FEC). Its advantages over conventional methods on virtual circuits (VCs) include reduced coding/decoding delays and facility sharing. In addition to consecutive cell loss compensation, another feature of this method is that cell loss compensation facilities are only required at VP terminating nodes. When a cell is discarded due to buffer overflow, successive cells also tend to be discarded. Performance estimations show an outstanding reduction in cell loss rate     

An integrated FEC coding scheme for ATM transmission over regenerative satellite networks

The application of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) on both wireless and satellite networks requires system adaptation. This adaptation has to improve the overall system's performance, and achieve high quality‐of‐service classes approaching that for fibre‐optic communications. In this paper, a new integrated forward‐error‐correction (FEC) coding scheme is introduced for ATM transmission over regenerative satellite networks. The proposed FEC scheme is a concatenation of two Reed–Solomon codes tailored for the header and payload parts of the ATM cell. This integrated coding scheme is shown to significantly improve the cell loss ratio as compared to the standard CRC code used in the ATM cell header. We obtain both upper and lower performance bounds for the concatenated code and check their accuracy when compared to exact system's performance. Both analytical and simulation results show that a cell loss ratio and bit‐error rate (BER) of 10^?25 and 10^?7 can be, respectively, achieved with minimum delay requirements on the SATCOM link. Finally, an approximation for the system's throughout is obtained. It is shown that using a hybrid selective‐repeat automatic‐repeat‐request (SR‐ARQ) with the RS code, a large throughput of approximately 0.843 can be achieved at BERs lower than 10^?7 for data services. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Error correction and error detection techniques for wireless ATM systems

Error correction and error detection techniques are often used in wireless transmission systems. The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) employs Header Error Control (HEC). Since ATM specifications have been developed for high‐quality optical fiber transmission systems, HEC has single‐bit error correction and multiple‐bit error detection capabilities. When HEC detects multiple‐bit error, the cell is discarded. However, wireless ATM requires a more powerful Forward Error Correction (FEC) scheme to improve the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance resulting in a reduction in the transmission power and antenna size. This concatenation of wireless FEC and HEC of the ATM may effect cell loss performance. This paper proposes error correction and error detection techniques suitable for wireless ATM and analyzes the performance of the proposed schemes. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A new cell loss recovery method using forward error correction in ATM networks

A new method using an FEC technique is proposed to enhance the ability of consecutive cell loss compensation due to buffer overflow in ATM networks. This article summarizes different applications of cell loss recovery, and presents the design of a new coding scheme and the coding/decoding algorithm. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Graceful Degradation FEC Layer for Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service in LTE Mobile Systems

This paper proposes an additional forward error correction (FEC) layer to compensate for the defectiveness inherent in the conventional FEC layer in the Long Term Evolution specifications. The proposed additional layer is called a graceful degradation (GD)‐FEC layer and maintains desirable service quality even under burst data loss conditions of a few seconds. This paper also proposes a non‐delayed decoding (NDD)‐GD‐FEC layer that is inherent in the decoding process. Computer simulations and device‐based tests show a better loss recovery performance with a negligible increase in CPU utilization and occupied memory size.     

Low-density parity check codes and iterative decoding for long-haul optical communication systems

A forward-error correction (FEC) scheme based on low-density parity check (LDPC) codes and iterative decoding using belief propagation in code graphs is presented in this paper. We show that LDPC codes provide a significant system performance improvement with respect to the state-of-the-art FEC schemes employed in optical communications systems. We present a class of structured codes based on mutually orthogonal Latin rectangles. Such codes have high rates and can lend themselves to very low-complexity encoder/decoder implementations. The system performance is further improved by a code design that eliminates short cycles in a graph employed in iterative decoding.     

1MPC8280的AAL2适配与DMA通道驱动软件的实现

在TD-SCDMA网络中,ATM适配层采用AAL5和AAL2处理ATM数据。由于目前大部分网络处理器都只支持AAL5的适配,不适合TD网络测试仪的应用。本文介绍了TD-SCDMA网络测试仪中基于PowerPC8280的ATM数据采集与DMA传输的实现方案,重点说明了AAL2适配以及利用PCI的DMA传输完成上层应用与底层硬件的数据交互。实际应用表明,文中提出的数据采集卡能够正确处理ATM协议的AAL2适配和DMA传输。     

Weighted partial network coding and its applications in wireless mesh networks

Network coding (NC) has showed to be beneficial to improve transmission performance in wireless mesh networks. Random linear coding is usually applied as the default coding schema. However, random linear coding causes significant decoding delay and jitter at receiver. Further, current NC does not support weight assignment to original packets, which is however indispensable for popular applications such as quality of service control and multipath media streaming in wireless mesh networks. Partial network coding (PNC) can largely reduce decoding delay and receiving fluctuation while keeping the benefit of NC. However, PNC does not support weight‐based data replacement and weight assignment to original packets. In this work, we propose weighted partial network coding (WPNC), which is a generalized coding schema of PNC. WPNC inherits all merits of PNC and part of NC. With WPNC, both decoding delay and receiving fluctuation will be reduced as observed in PNC. Also, WPNC is quite suitable for those applications that require weight assignment to original packets. After providing the whole framework of WPNC and thorough theoretical analysis to its performance, we have demonstrated how WPNC can be integrated with quality of service control and multipath routing supported media streaming in wireless mesh networks. Performance of WPNC is inter‐validated by both theoretical analysis and numeric evaluations. Copyright © 2011 John; Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Estimation of accurate effective loss rate for FEC video transmission

We propose an algorithm for adjusting data transmission parameters, such as the packet size and the code rate of forward error correction (FEC), to obtain maximum video quality under dynamic channel conditions. When determining transmission parameters, it is essential to calculate an accurate effective loss rate that reflects FEC recovery failures and over-deadline packets. To this end, we analyze the delays caused by FEC coding and the potential packet size variations. In our analysis, we consider the effect of delayed transmission of video packets incurred by the parity packets as well as the encoder and decoder buffers. With the analysis reflecting the delay effect, we are able to accurately estimate the delay patterns of all video packets. Based on the analysis results, we establish an accurate model for estimating the effective loss rate. Simulations show that the proposed effective loss rate model accurately estimates the effective loss rate and significantly improves the reconstructed video quality at the receiver.     

Power control and capacity analysis for a packetized indoormultimedia DS-CDMA network

This paper proposes a packetized indoor wireless system using direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) protocol. The indoor radio environment is characterized by slow Rayleigh fading with or without lognormal shadowing. The system supports multimedia services with various transmission rates and quality of service (QoS) requirements and allows for seamless interfacing to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) broadband networks. All packets are transmitted with forward error correction (FEC) using convolutional code for voice packets and Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) code for data packets with an automatic retransmission request (ARQ) protocol and for video packets without ARQ. A queueing model is used for servicing data transmission requests. A power control algorithm is proposed for the system, which combines closed-loop power control with channel estimation to give the best performance. The cell capacity of each traffic type and various multimedia traffic configurations in both single-cell and multiple-cell networks are evaluated theoretically under the assumption of perfect power control. The effect of power control imperfection on the capacity using the proposed power control algorithm is investigated by computer simulation     

A New Transport Protocol for Broadcasting/Multicasting MPEG-2 Video Over Wireless ATM Access Networks

Because of the telecommunications de-regulation act and progress in wireless technologies, we will see the co-existence of heterogeneous broadband access infrastructures in the broadband video service industry in the near future. In this paper, we addressed the error control issue when transmitting MPEG-2 video streams over wireless access networks for broadband video broadcast or multicast services. An end-to-end transport protocol based on ATM and wireless ATM technologies is proposed. For video services, the underlying transport network should be transparent and quality should be maintained uniformly over all the segments whether wireline or wireless links. For network resources to be used efficiently, error control should be applied locally on the wireless segments so as to avoid the excessive overhead over the reliable wireline portions. Because a broadband video broadcast or multicast service is a one-to-multiple point service, FEC is the most prevalent error control mechanism. Due to the important role of MPEG-2 control information in the decoding process, priority MPEG-2 control information has to be differentiated from MPEG-2 data information, and excess error protection has to be allocated to it in order to achieve satisfactory QoS. Therefore, a header redundancy FEC (HRFEC) scheme for error control is applied at the local distribution centers before the MPEG-2 encoded video streams are transmitted over the wireless channels. HRFEC is an FEC-based selective protection scheme, which allocates extra error protection to important control information. Simulation results show that the quality of the reconstructed video sequence is vastly improved by using HRFEC, when the channel condition is poor.     

Simulation of the Tree Algorthm in ATM Networks

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Forward error control for MPEG-2 video transport in a wireless ATM LAN

The possibility of providing multimedia services to mobile users has led to interest in designing broadband wireless networks that can guarantee quality of service for traffic flows. However, a fundamental problem in these networks is that severe losses may occur due to the random fading characteristics of the wireless channel. Error control algorithms which compensate for these losses are required in order to achieve reasonable loss rates. In this paper, the performance of error control based on forward error correction (FEC) for MPEG-2 video transmission in an indoor wireless ATM LAN is studied. A random bit error model and a multipath fading model are used to investigate the effect of errors on video transport. Combined source and channel coding techniques that employ single-layer and scalable MPEG-2 coding to combat channel errors are compared. Simulation results indicate that FEC-based error control in combination with 2-layer video coding techniques can lead to acceptable quality for indoor wireless ATM video.Work performed while the author was at AT&T Bell Laboratories on a D.O.E. fellowship program.     

Broadcast/multicast MPEG-2 video over broadband fixed wirelessaccess networks

With the emergence of broadband fixed wireless access networks, there is an increasing interest in providing broadband video services over outdoor wireless networks. We investigate some fundamental issues related to the broadcasting or multicasting of CBR MPEG-2 videos over fixed wireless channels in B-FWANs using FEC strategies. In B-FWANs, high-frequency wireless channels are used and a direct or indirect LOS propagation path is usually required between a transmitter and a receiver. The wireless channel is modeled by a K factor Rician fading model instead of a Rayleigh fading model. The unique characteristics of the physical channel require special consideration at the system design level. In order to evaluate the overall system performance properly, a set of parameters for objective video quality assessment is introduced and used in our simulation studies, including a definition of the objective grade point value, the number of reconstructed frames, and the conventional peak signal-to-noise ratio value. The feasibility of cell interleaving is also addressed. MPEG-2 control information (i.e., the control blocks) plays a critical role in the decoding process and can influence the reconstructed video quality dramatically; special consideration and excess protection should be given to this information. The concept of a new FEC strategy, header redundancy FEC, is introduced to address this issue. In HRFEC, selected important (high-priority) MPEG-2 control blocks (such as sequence header, sequence extensions, and picture header and corresponding extensions) are replicated before transmission, and duplicate copies are transmitted over the wireless link. Our results indicate that HRFEC is a simple, flexible, and effective error control strategy for broadcasting or multicasting MPEG-2 videos over error-prone and time-varying wireless channels     

GPON系统OLT接收侧FEC解码电路的设计

前向纠错(FEC)在通信系统中有着广泛的应用.在吉比特无源光网络(GPON)系统中,上行带宽是以动态方式进行分配的,光线路终端(OLT)接收侧要求能够支持RS(255,239)及其缩短码的解码.文章采用一种"变换时钟域+RS全码解码"的方法,通过基于双端口随机存储器(DPRAM)的时钟域变换后,再进行RS全码解码.采用这种方式能够以较低的硬件复杂度完成FEC解码.     

Small‐block interleaving for low‐delay cross‐packet forward error correction over burst‐loss channels

By adding the redundant packets into source packet block, cross‐packet forward error correction (FEC) scheme performs error correction across packets and can recover both congestion packet loss and wireless bit errors accordingly. Because cross‐packet FEC typically trades the additional latency to combat burst losses in the wireless channel, this paper presents a FEC enhancement scheme using the small‐block interleaving technique to enhance cross‐packet FEC with the decreased delay and improved good‐put. Specifically, adopting short block size is effective in reducing FEC processing delay, whereas the corresponding effect of lower burst‐error correction capacity can be compensated by deliberately controlling the interleaving degree. The main features include (i) the proposed scheme that operates in the post‐processing manner to be compatible with the existing FEC control schemes and (ii) to maximize the data good‐put in lossy networks; an analytical FEC model is built on the interleaved Gilbert‐Elliott channel to determine the optimal FEC parameters. The simulation results show that the small‐block interleaved FEC scheme significantly improves the video streaming quality in lossy channels for delay‐sensitive video. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel adaptive hybrid ARQ scheme for wireless ATM networks

This paper describes the design and performance of a novel adaptive hybrid ARQ scheme using concatenated FEC codes for error control over wireless ATM networks. The wireless links are characterized by higher, time‐varying error rates and burstier error patterns in comparison with the fiber‐based links for which ATM was designed. The purpose of the hybrid ARQ scheme is to provide a capability to dynamically support reliable ATM‐based transport over wireless channels by using a combination of our ARQ scheme (called SDLP) and the concatenated FEC scheme. The key ideas in the proposed hybrid ARQ scheme are to adapt the code rate to the channel conditions using incremental redundancy and to increase the starting code rate as much as possible with the concatenated FEC, maximizing the throughput efficiency. The numerical results show that our proposed scheme outperforms other ARQ schemes for all SNR values. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Improved forward error correction technology of RS-LDPC cascade code in optical transport network

With the continuous development of optical communication and the increase in data transmission volume, optical transport network (OTN) has become the focus of research in next-generation transmission networks. In the process of data transmission, errors caused by noise often occur, resulting in an increase in the bit error rate (BER) and a decrease in the performance of the optical communication system. Therefore, we use forward error correction (FEC) technology in OTN for error control to improve the transmission efficiency of signals in OTN and reduce the BER. Standard FEC technology uses RS(255,239) code. On this basis, since the performance of low density parity check (LDPC) code is close to the Shannon limit, we propose a method of cascading RS code and LDPC code. Applying this improved FEC technology to OTN, the simulation results show that the improved FEC technology has a reduced BER compared with the standard FEC technology. When the BER is at the 10-3 level, the performance is improved by about 1.7 dB.     

Performance of transmitted reference pulse cluster ultra‐wideband systems with forward error correction

Recently, an improved transmitted reference (TR) signaling scheme, referred to as transmitted reference pulse cluster (TRPC), was proposed for low‐rate ultra‐wideband (UWB) communications. Compared with conventional TR, TRPC has a more compact and uniform spacing for the reference and data pulses and therefore addresses the implementation problems posed by the long delay line requirement, as well as provides better bit error rate (BER) performance. In this paper, a TRPC‐UWB system, which includes practical forward error correction (FEC) coding such as that specified in the IEEE 802.15.4a standard, as well as more powerful convolutional codes, is developed. A performance analysis, which highlights the importance of selecting appropriate FEC codes, is presented. Results show that with a suitable FEC code, the TRPC‐UWB system is a promising candidate for low‐rate wireless personal area networks. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.