Control parameter setting of IEEE 802.11e for proportional throughput differentiation

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Abstract

IEEE 802.11e has been heavily researched with regard to support the Quality of Service (QoS) in wireless LAN environments. The Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (EDCF) mechanism of IEEE 802.11e has several control parameters for QoS provision, such as minimum/maximum contention window (CW min/CWmax), retry limit, Arbitration Inter Frame Space (AIFS), and so on. Through varying of these parameters, differentiated services can be provided to different priority classes, in terms of throughput, packet loss rate, and delay. The parameters of the IEEE 802.11e EDCF mechanism that have the greatest effect on QoS are investigated in this paper. Especially, Proportional Throughput Differentiation Service (PTDS) is proposed through mathematical analysis for proportional service differentiation between adjacent priority classes and proper setting of control parameters. Finally, the minimum contention window size is confirmed to have the greatest effect with regard to throughput. The validation of PTDS is validated with well-known network simulator, NS-2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Networking
Subtitle of host publicationAdvances in Data Communications and Wireless Networks - International Conference, ICOIN 2006. Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages122-131
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540485635, 9783540485636
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventInternational Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2006 - Sendai, Japan
Duration: 16 Jan 200619 Jan 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3961 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2006
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySendai
Period16/01/0619/01/06

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