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Chapter 6Optimisation of CRA using adaptive CSAs pFor the Forced Mini-Slots CSA, the authors found that by setting the number of forcedmini-slots to 2 instead of e, good results were obtained. In our analysis, we also foundthat by allocating 2 FSs, after a collision, an improvement in system performance wasobtained. Results for the Forced-CSA are presented in Section 6.2.3.3.6.2.3.2 Variable-CSA used with the exponential backoff algorithmThis mechanism uses a variable slot regime algorithm in which the ratio of CSs toreservation data slots (RSs) is varied from signalling frame to signalling frame, based onthe current traffic load, mean packet size and the mean of requested slots. Variable slotallocators have been used since 1998 in MAC protocols for HFC and wireless accessnetworks. They were firstly introduced in [112] and [113]. Later on, they were reportedin [41] for the IEEE 802.14 protocol. The mechanism presented here is similar to [41]with slight modifications for the DVB/DAVIC protocol. The variable number of CSs(VCSs) to be added in the signalling frame is dynamically adjusted as the headendconverts the number of RSs into CSs (N RSs) according to Equation 6.2. RSs=⎡2⋅⎢⎣ 2MAX+ Re_ DATA⎤q _ Size⎥⎦(6.2)where MAX_DATA is the maximum number of data slots that can fit in a signallingframe (= 18 – Min. o. of CSs per signalling frame, for a 3.088Mbps upstreamchannel) and Req_Size is the average number of RSs that can be requested at once.VCSs can be determined from Equation 6.3.⎧0if MAX_REQ ≥ α ⋅ (MAX_DATA - NRSs)VCSs = ⎨(6.3)⎩NRSselsewhere MAX_REQ is the total number of data slots requested but not yet allocated bythe headend, α is a design parameter set to 2.5 as suggested in [41]. The total number ofCSs to be included in the next signalling frame is then represented by followingparameters: the Min. o. of CSs per signalling frame (as proposed in the Simple-CSA),the variable number of CSs derived from Equation 6.3 and the unused RSs converted toCSs as recommended in [96] and [98] .6-11

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