Performance of error control coding techniques for wireless ATM

In order to provide a ubiquitous telecommunications network which merges the concepts of wireless mobile communications with the use of ATM as a transport mechanism, this paper focuses on the problem of reducing the effects of the high bit error rate on the data transmission. We present a simulator which can be used to study the effects of various coding techniques on the overall system bit error rate. Among these coding techniques are convolutional coding, interleaving, fragmentation, and puncturing. We show that convolutional coding, along with interleaving or fragmentation, improves transmission reliability over the bursty error channel.