ThegrowingLdmandformobilityhasincreasedtheneedtodevelopmoreefficient,reliableandcosteffectiveservicesfordatatransmissionovertheairinterface.Theairinterface,ascomparedtothewireddomain,ischaracterizedbyahighbit-error-rate,limitedbandwidth,andintermittentconnectivity.Inaddition,powerinth