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Chapter 7Performance optimisation for the support of TCIS pThe frame length parameter indicates the number of successive slots to use in the fixedrate access region associated with each fixed rate slot assignment. The fixedrate startparameter indicates the starting slot within the fixed rate access region that is assignedto the NIU. The NIU may use the next frame length slots of the fixed rate accessregions. The fixedrate distance parameter represents the distance between additionalslots assigned to the NIU and the fixedrate end parameter indicates the last slot that maybe used for fixed rate access.Subsequently, the NIU accepts the connection by sending a Connect Response message(indicating its CID) to the INA, which in turn answers this message by sending aConnect Confirmation message to the NIU.The analysis to follow will address the optimal system performance of the DVB/DAVICcable communications protocol when QoS (with a guaranteed service) is supported.Two traffic types were analysed: mixed traffic and VoIP traffic. For this analysis theoptimised simulation parameters presented in Table 7.1 were used with the followingexceptions:• The upstream data rate of 3.088 Mbps was changed for an upstream channel with acapacity of 6.176 Mbps. This change was considered necessary because the resultspresented in the previous sections and also in the previous two chapters were basedon a 3.088 Mbps upstream channel. The DVB/DAVIC protocol is also capable ofsupporting a 6.176 Mbps in the upstream direction. Therefore, in order to approachthe maximum system performance in terms of the maximum number of activestations supported, an upstream channel with a capacity of 6.176 Mbps was used.• The number of signalling frames transmitted in the 3 ms period was changed to 4,instead of 1. This is because stations can achieve a faster interaction (as examined inSection 5.4.6) with the headend, if more than one signalling frame is transmittedwithin the 3 ms period, which results more convenient for the support of TCIS.• The minimum number of CSs allocated per signalling frame was changed to one,instead of two. In Section 6.2.2.2, it was proved that the maximum system7-18

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