Title
Aggregated Renewal Markov Processes With Applications in Simulating Mobile Broadcast Systems
Abstract
For purposes of simulating contemporary communication systems, it is, in many cases, useful to apply error models for specific levels of abstraction. Such models should approximate the packet error behavior of a given system at a specific protocol layer, thus incorporating the possible detrimental effects of lower protocol layers. Packet error models can efficiently be realized using finite-state models; for example, there exists a wide range of studies on using Markov models to simulate communication channels. In this paper, we consider aggregated Markov processes, which are a subclass of hidden Markov models (HMMs). Artificial limitations are set on the state transition probabilities of the models to find efficient methods of parameter estimation. We apply these models to the simulation of the performance of digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H). The parameters of the packet error models are approximated as functions of the time-variant received signal strength and speed of a mobile vehicular DVB-H receiver, and it is shown that useful results may be achieved with the described packet error models, particularly when simulating mobile reception in field conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/TVT.2008.923665
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
broadcasting,digital video broadcasting,hidden Markov models,mobile communication,aggregated renewal Markov processes,digital video broadcasting-handheld,finite-state models,hidden Markov models,mobile broadcast systems,packet error behavior,packet error models,Broadcasting,Markov processes,communication channels,mobile communication,simulation
Variable-order Bayesian network,Markov process,Markov model,Computer science,Network packet,Communications system,Algorithm,Theoretical computer science,Electronic engineering,Error detection and correction,Variable-order Markov model,Hidden Markov model
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
58
1
0018-9545
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.89
12
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jussi Poikonen1529.05
Jarkko Paavola211117.19
Valery P. Ipatov3636.44