IST - 2003 - 507581 WINNER D 2 . 8 ver 1 . 0 Assessment of key enhanced radio protocols

This document identifies and assesses key techniques that should be employed in the design on the WINNER air interface protocol. It also presents the current view of the WINNER network architecture in order to provide a frame of reference for the evaluation. The assessment of key enhanced radio protocols is done by focusing on the following five areas: retransmission protocols; medium access control protocols; scheduling algorithms; link adaptation protocols and self-organized radio resource management. In particular, the impact of new deployment scenarios caused by the introduction of multiple radio interface modes and relaying techniques is studied. Keyword list: Medium Access Control, ARQ, Link adaptation, Scheduling, Self-organized RRM, Logical Channels, Transport Channels.