High definition video in IEEE 802.15.3c mm-Wave wireless personal area networks

Multimedia applications place high demands on resources in wireless networks. The 60 GHz frequency band has been adopted to support high data rate applications in wireless personal area networks (WPANs). In the IEEE 802.15.3c standard for millimeter-wave-based high-rate WPANs, devices are allocated a dedicated transmission time called a CTA (channel time allocation) based on their request to transmit. While the duration of a CTA may be adjusted, the standard does not specify how resource allocation should be achieved. High-Definition (HD) video with variable bit rate (VBR) is a potential application for the WPAN. In this work, an IEEE 802.15.3c network is simulated and the throughput losses due to static resource provisioning for a series of H.264/SVC (MPEG-4 Part 10) HD video sources are identified. It is demonstrated that the high data rates proposed for the 60 GHz frequency band will not be achieved without dynamic resource allocation.