Performance Analysis of Statistical Voice/Data Multiplexing Systems with Voice Storage

Abstract

In this paper the performances of four statistical voice/data multiplexers are analyzed and compared. The structures of these multiplexers are based on the newly proposed queueing, frame management, and integrated flow control methods. For the queueing purpose, two separate finite voice and data buffers are used to queue voice and data packets independently. For frame management, four versions of master frame management are considered. As for the integrated flow control algorithm, speech coding techniques such as variable rate coding and embedded coding are considered. To evaluate the performances of the multiplexers, analytical formulations are made from the equivalent queueing models of the proposed systems. Then, numerical results on the performance of the multiplexers are obtained by using the Gauss-Seidel iteration method. These results show that there exist tradeoffs between data and voice traffic performances for a given input traffic load and the output channel rate.