Joint design of adaptive channel coding and multiple access control for integrated voice and data services in a cellular wireless network-with contention queue

A new MAC protocol employing a joint design of the multiple access control (MAC) layer and the physical layer is proposed for cellular wireless systems with integrated voice and data services. This is a novel concept and is shown to achieve very significant gains (in capacity, packet loss and delay) compared to existing protocols through the exploitation of the synergy between the two protocol layers.