Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Model for the Performance Evaluation of Packet Transmissions Using Type-II Hybrid ARQ over a Correlated Error Channel

  • Published:
Wireless Networks Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Type-II Hybrid-ARQ (Type-II HARQ) has been shown, under certain circumstances, to increase the efficiency and reduce loss of data transmissions over a wireless channel. However, it is difficult to predict how it will perform when transmission symbol errors are correlated. We present a computationally efficient approach to the performance evaluation of packet transmissions over a wireless link employing Type-II HARQ error mitigation when the physical channel is subject to correlated transmission symbol errors. This provides a tool for static or online optimization of system parameters. We present numerical results for a wide range of channel statistics, illustrating the effect of bit error correlation, bit error rate, and block size on packet latency and loss rate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S. Lin and P.S. Yu, A hybrid ARQ scheme with parity retransmission for error control of satellite channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications 30(7) (1982) 1701-1719.

    Google Scholar 

  2. J. Hagenauer, Rate-compatible punctured convolutional codes (RCPC codes) and their applications, IEEE Transactions on Communications 36(4) (1988) 389-400.

    Google Scholar 

  3. S. Kallel, Complementary punctured convolutional (CPC) codes and their applications, IEEE Transactions on Communications 43(6) (1995) 2005-2009.

    Google Scholar 

  4. S.B. Wicker and M.J. Bartz, Type-II Hybrid-ARQ protocols using punctured MDS codes, IEEE Transactions on Communications 42(2/3/4) (1994) 1431-1440.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Y.J. Cho and C.K. Un, Performance analysis of ARQ error controls under Markovian block error pattern, IEEE Transactions on Communications 42(2/3/4) (1994) 2051-2061.

    Google Scholar 

  6. D.L. Lu and J.F. Chang, Performance of ARQ protocols in nonindependent channel errors, IEEE Transactions on Communications 41(5) (1993) 721-729.

    Google Scholar 

  7. E. Malkamäki and H. Leib, Performance of truncated Type-II hybrid ARQ schemes with noise feedback over block fading channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications 48(9) (2000).

  8. Q. Zhang, T.F. Wong and J.S. Lehnert, Performance of a Type-II hybrid ARQ protocol is slotted DS-SSMA packet radio systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications 47(2) (1999) 281-290.

    Google Scholar 

  9. R. Mukhtar, M. Zukerman and F. Cameron, Packet latency for type-II hybrid ARQ transmissions over a correlated error channel, in: Proc. of European Wireless 2002, Next Generation Wireless Networks: Technologies, Protocols, Services and Applications, Florence, Italy, Vol. 1 (February 2002) pp. 107-113.

    Google Scholar 

  10. D. Chase, Code combining — a maximum-likelihood decoding approach for combining an arbitrary number of noisy packets, IEEE Transactions on Communications 33(5) (1985) 385-393.

    Google Scholar 

  11. D.M. Mandelbaum, An adaptive-feedback coding scheme using incremental redundancy, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (1974) 388-389.

  12. D.M. Mandelbaum, On decoding of Reed-Solomon codes, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 17(6) (1971) 707-712.

    Google Scholar 

  13. K.A. Witzke and C. Leaung, A comparison of some error detecting CRC code standards, IEEE Transactions on Communications 33(9) (1985) 996-998.

    Google Scholar 

  14. E.N. Gilbert, Capacity of a burst noise channel, Bell Systems Technical Journal (September 1960) 1253-1265.

  15. J.R. Yee and E.J. Weldon, Evaluation of the performance of error-correcting codes on a Gilbert channel, IEEE Transactions on Communications 43(8) (1995) 2316-2323.

    Google Scholar 

  16. W. Turin, Digital Transmission Systems: Performance Analysis and Modeling (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998).

    Google Scholar 

  17. R. Mukhtar and S. Hanly, A model for TCP behaviour over cellular radio channels with link layer error recovery, in: Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2001, San Antonio, TX (2001) pp. 1776-1780.

  18. G. Latouche and V. Ramaswami, Introduction to Matrix Analytic Methods in Stochastic Modeling, ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability (SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1999).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

    Rami Mukhtar, Stephen Hanly, Moshe Zukerman & Fraser Cameron

Authors
  1. Rami Mukhtar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Stephen Hanly
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Moshe Zukerman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Fraser Cameron
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mukhtar, R., Hanly, S., Zukerman, M. et al. A Model for the Performance Evaluation of Packet Transmissions Using Type-II Hybrid ARQ over a Correlated Error Channel. Wireless Networks 10, 7–16 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026232612017

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026232612017

Search

Navigation