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Title

Distributed contention-free traffic scheduling in IEEE 802.11 multimedia networks

Author(s)

Ranasinghe, Ravindra S.;  Andrew, Lachlan L. H.;  Everitt, David

Abstract

Wireless local area networks are a promising solution to support advanced data services in mobile environments. The IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard is emerging as a mature technology to support delay sensitive network services. In order to support these services the standard has proposed the use of a polling scheme; however, existing polling schemes require high communication overheads or suffer from unfairness. In this paper, we propose a distributed fair queueing algorithm 'distributed deficit round robin', which is compatible with the 802.11 medium access control rules. Software simulation of this scheme shows that it can manage a heterogeneous mix of delay sensitive traffic.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Selected papers from the 10th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21-24 November 1999, pp. 18-28

Publication year

1999

Keyword(s)

Access protocols;  Communication overheads;  Delay sensitive network services;  Delay sensitive traffic;  Distributed contention-free traffic scheduling;  Distributed fair queueing algorithm;  IEEE 802.11 multimedia networks;  IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard;  IEEE standards;  MAC;  Medium access control;  Mobile environments;  Multimedia systems;  Polling scheme;  Software simulation;  Wireless LAN;  Wireless local area networks

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

9780780371729, 0780371720

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LANMAN.1999.939953

Copyright

Copyright © 1999 IEEE. Paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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