无线局域网中的QoS研究

本文介绍了在无线局域网(WLAN)的MAC层CSMA／CA机制下，展开实时视、音频业务时将面临的服务质量(QoS)的相关问题，针对目前基于IEEE802．11协议的WLAN中QoS保证的主要参数、各种优化算法和方案进行分类讨论，并对未来WlAN中的QoS的研究方向作出了展望。     

无线局域网QoS技术发展研究

无线局域网（WLAN）正在巡速地融入我们的生活。IEEE 802．11作为全世界部署最为广泛的WLAN技术，被普遍认为将在下一代无线通信中发挥重要的作用。然而，由于IEEE 802．11技术并没有内建对QoS的支持，使得IEEE 802．11 WLAN在提供音视频等需要QoS保障的业务方面遇到极大的挑战。     

一种基于预测式公平队列调度算法的802．11e MAC层机制

在共享媒体的通信系统中,队列调度的公平性是很重要的。该文在研究了IEEE WLAN已有的各种队列调度算法的基础上,提出了一种预测式公平队列调度算法（Predict Fair Queuing,PFQ）,并结合IEEE 802．11e的EDCF（Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function）机制提出一种基于PFQ的新的MAC层协议——P—EDCF（PFQ—based EDCF）。该协议通过引进PFQ算法来修改EDCF的优先级控制方式,提供一种公平、高效的接入机制。仿真结果表明,该机制很好地改善了EDCF的性能,为各种类型业务提供了公平的服务。     

一种分级WFQ的宽带无线接入系统QoS架构

文章介绍了加权公平排队(WFQ)分组调度算法和IEEE 802 16的QoS架构.在此基础上,文章结合分级WFQ分组调度算法和IEEE 802 16协议中所提供的控制机制提出了一种适合于BWA系统的QoS架构.该架构充分利用IEEE 802.16提供的控制机制,结合分级WFQ公平队列调度算法,在主动授予业务(UGS)、实时轮询业务(rtS)、非实时轮询业务(nrtPS)和尽力传输业务(BE)之间公平分配带宽,并保证各种业务的QoS特性,完成了在IEEE 802 16协议中留给用户自己定义的调度策略.     

浅析无线局域网QoS机制

无线局域网（WLAN）技术的发展带来的多媒体业务流量的剧增,是无线网络的资源管理、服务质量（QoS）保障等问题日益突出,传统的媒体访问控制（MAC）协议需要重新设计才能对无线网络的QoS问题进行有效的解决。本文介绍了无限局域网QoS技术的发展,包括针对IEEE802．11MAC层协议进行的各种QoS增强技术。通过与传统的802．11标准的MAC层进行对比分析,讨论了IEEE802．11e的两个新的策略：增强的分布式协调功能和混合协调功能。通过对受控竞争机制的分析,指出了IEEE802．11e仍存在的不足及未来的发展方向。     

IEEE802.16中一种改进的跨层QoS调度架构设计

IEEE802委员会制定了一个解决“最后一公里”宽带无线城域网（WMAN）接入问题的全球统一标准,即IEEE802．16标准。它定义了支持多种业务类型的独立于具体物理层的MAC层和多个物理层。对于802．16系统的QoS保障,标准中详细规定了服务类别的划分以及系统的Qos框架和具体的信令交互机制,但没有规定具体的QoS调度算法,而是留给厂家设计。因此本文在IEEE802．16已有QoS调度架构的基础上,设计出一种改进的跨层QoS调度架构,并详细介绍了该构架下各功能模块的功能和具体实现方法。     

无线局域网QoS机制解析

无线局域网（WLAN）技术的发展带来的多媒体业务流量的剧增,使无线网络的资源管理、服务质量（QoS）保障等问题日益突出,传统的媒体访问控制（MAC）协议需要重新设计才能有效地解决无线网络的QoS问题。本文介绍了无限局域网QoS技术的发展,包括针对IEEE802．11 MAC层协议进行的各种QoS增强技术。通过与传统的802．11标准的MAC层进行对比分析．讨论了IEEE802．11e的2个新策略：增强的分布式协调功能和混合协调功能。通过对受控竞争机制的分析,指出了IEEE802．11e仍存在的不足及未来的发展方向。     

无线Mesh网络与IEEE802系列标准

无线宽带接入系统发展迅速,但带宽容量低、覆盖范围小等缺点限制了它的进一步发展。作为“最后一公里”宽带无线接入非常重要的技术之一。无线Mesh网络（WMN）可以和多种无线网络系统,如无线局域网（WLAN）、无线个域网（WPAN）以及无线城域网（WMAN）等相结合,改善无线网络的性能,提高网络的覆盖范围。随着无线Mesh网络技术的厂泛应用,IEEE802的相关标准组正在致力于推动WMN技术的发展,制订相关的技术标准。目前,WMN标准已经出现在IEEE802．11s、80215、802．16、802．20中。     

一种面向实时业务的Ad Hoc网络MAC协议

为降低AdHoe网络中实时业务的端到端时延,提出了基于802．11DCF的改进协议。协议采用3种机制降低实时业务的时延：面向路径的连续转发机制将RTS中的转发信息携带在ACK中发送,给实时业务提供较高的接入优先级;标签交换机制使得中间节点可以在MAC层获取转发信息,加快了实时业务数据包的转发速度;重传控制机制减少了无效传输的超时数据包。仿真结果表明,在重负载条件下,改进协议中实时业务的时延比802．11DCF有大幅度的下降,网络吞吐量也有所提高。     

Ad Hoc网络中一种高效的接纳控制算法

提出了一种保证Ad hoc网络中实时多媒体业务服务质量（QoS）的高效接纳控制方案。该机制采用跨层设计思想,以网络中每个节点MAC层感知的信息为基本依据,在新业务申请进入网络时在路由层发起接纳判决过程,在保证已有业务QoS不受损害的同时,新业务的QoS要求能够得到满足时才允许接入。该接纳过程具有以下特点:首先,它由目的节点发起反向逐跳进行,相对于以往由源节点发起的接纳控制过程可以节省一半的控制负载;其次,在每跳节点进行接纳判决的同时,对带宽进行暂时预留以防止过度接纳和过度预留情况的发生。分析和仿真证明了该机制能很好的保证实时业务的吞吐量,端到端延迟和延迟抖动等QoS参数,并且跟现有机制相比具有控制负载小,带宽利用率高的特点。      

基于IEEE802.11e HCCA的接入控制方案

较传统的IEEE802.11标准的MAC协议,802.11e增强了对QoS的支持力度,主要基于IEEE802.11e的HCCA机制,提出了一套控制接入方案,本方案在全面考虑QoS参数的基础上提出了一个有效的调度算法,从而确保了实时性业务的QoS需要.     

A survey of QoS enhancements for IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN

Quality‐of‐service (QoS) is a key problem of today's IP networks. Many frameworks (IntServ, DiffServ, MPLS etc.) have been proposed to provide service differentiation in the Internet. At the same time, the Internet is becoming more and more heterogeneous due to the recent explosion of wireless networks. In wireless environments, bandwidth is scarce and channel conditions are time‐varying and sometimes highly lossy. Many previous research works show that what works well in a wired network cannot be directly applied in the wireless environment. Although IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) is the most widely used IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) standard today, it cannot provide QoS support for the increasing number of multimedia applications. Thus, a large number of 802.11 QoS enhancement schemes have been proposed, each one focusing on a particular mode. This paper summarizes all these schemes and presents a survey of current research activities. First, we analyze the QoS limitations of IEEE 802.11 wireless MAC layers. Then, different QoS enhancement techniques proposed for 802.11 WLAN are described and classified along with their advantages/drawbacks. Finally, the upcoming IEEE 802.11e QoS enhancement standard is introduced and studied in detail. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DPS: An Architecture for VBR Scheduling in IEEE 802.11e HCCA Networks with Multiple Access Points

Recent advances in 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have been focused on introducing Quality of Service (QoS) in their performance through the adoption of 802.11e. The Hybrid Controlled Channel Access (HCCA) has been proposed as the mechanism to provide the means for guaranteed QoS in networks controlled by a single Access Point (AP). Moreover, scheduling algorithms have been developed allowing efficient scheduling of Variable Bit Rate (VBR) traffic flows. However, little research may be found regarding the problem of applying HCCA on networks with multiple APs. In this paper, various VBR scheduling mechanisms and methods for multi—AP HCCA are presented and evaluated. In addition, this paper introduces the Dynamic Parallel Scheduler (DPS), a novel HCCA scheduling algorithm for VBR traffic among multiple APs that takes advantage of the rate variability and spatial reuse. DPS’s performance evaluation shows that the proposed scheme achieves improved performance in terms of delay, throughput and packet loss.     

WLAN中基于分组的QoS机制的研究

IEEE802.11无线局域网的QoS机制虽然可以很好地满足时限业务的QoS要求，但仍存在着一些问题。为了更好地支持QoS满足用户的要求，本文基于数据分组(数据包)对WLAN QoS机制加以改进并在NS的环境下进行了仿真。     

A Beacon-Based Collision-Free Channel Access Scheme for IEEE 802.11 WLANs

In IEEE 802.11 based WLAN standard, distributed coordination function is the fundamental medium access control (MAC) technique. It employs a CSMA/CA with random binary exponential backoff algorithm and provides contention-based distributed channel access for stations to share the wireless medium. However, performance of this mechanism drops dramatically due to random structure of the backoff process, high collision probability and frame errors. That is why development of an efficient MAC protocol, providing both high throughput for data traffic and quality of service (QoS) support for real-time applications, has become a major focus in WLAN research. In this paper, we propose an adaptive beacon-based collision-free MAC adaptation. The proposed scheme makes use of beacon frames sent periodically by access point, lets stations enter the collision-free state and reduces the number of idle slots regardless of the number of stations and their traffic load (saturated or unsaturated) on the medium. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme dramatically enhances the overall throughput and supports QoS by reducing the delay, delay variation and dropping probability of frames.     

Vertical Handover Over Intermediate Switching Framework: Assuring Service Quality for Mobile Users

Ensuring quality of service (QoS) for the mobile users during vertical handover between IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLAN) and data network provided by Ultramodern Telecommunication Systems (UMTS) is one of the key requirements for seamless mobility and transfer of existing connections from one network to another. QoS fulfillment is a complex problem and requires participation of both the mobile users as well as the connection networks. The QoS assurance criteria for existing connections can be affected by fluctuations of data rates when a user moves from the high speed WLAN network to the low speed UMTS network, even in the presence of another WLAN network in its vicinity. This can happen if the alternate WLAN network is highly loaded. Therefore handover from a high speed network to a low speed network should be avoided, whenever possible. This paper proposes a QoS based handover procedure that prioritizes the existing connection over the new connections so that rate fluctuations due to handover can be avoided if there exist another WLAN network in the range of the mobile user. Whenever the possibility of handover is detected, a pre-handover bandwidth reservation technique is used to reserve bandwidth at the alternate WLAN networks to avoid QoS degradation. The proposed scheme is implemented in Qualnet network simulator and the performance is analyzed and compared with traditional handover techniques.     

Admission control in IEEE 802.11e wireless LANs

Although IEEE 802.11 based wireless local area networks have become more and more popular due to low cost and easy deployment, they can only provide best effort services and do not have quality of service supports for multimedia applications. Recently, a new standard, IEEE 802.11e, has been proposed, which introduces a so-called hybrid coordination function containing two medium access mechanisms: contention-based channel access and controlled channel access. In this article we first give a brief tutorial on the various MAC-layer QoS mechanisms provided by 802.11e. We show that the 802.11e standard provides a very powerful platform for QoS supports in WLANs. Then we provide an extensive survey of recent advances in admission control algorithms/protocols in IEEE 802.11e WLANs. Our survey covers the research work in admission control for both EDCA and HCCA. We show that the new MAC-layer QoS schemes and parameters provided in EDCA and HCCA can be well utilized to fulfill the requirements of admission control so that QoS for multimedia applications can be provided in WLANs. Last, we give a summary of the design of admission control in EDCA and HCCA, and point out the remaining challenges.     

Improvement of polling and scheduling scheme for real-time transmission with HCCA of IEEE 802.1 lp protocol

This paper addresses the issue of real-time data transmission in vehicles to roadside （V2R） environment by the hybrid coordination function （HCF） of controlled channel access （HCCA） specified by the IEEE 802.1 lp standard. HCCA is one of the medium access mechanisms in the IEEE 802.11 standard, and uses the polling scheme similar to the point coordination function （PCF） to provide reliable quality of service （QoS）, which may cause resource overshooting and high time consuming. This paper tries to improve the performance of the HCCA polling scheme and designs new data transmission scheduling scheme. The simulation results of the proposal are compared with those of the standard strategy. Simulation results demonstrate that the improved HCCA has lower delay, loss rate, and higher throughput than those of the standard one.     

Delay guaranteed MDP scheduling scheme for HCCA based on 802.11p protocol in V2R environments

In recent years, the vehicular ad hoc network has attracted worldwide attention from academe and industry. Many researches have been executed to improve the quality of services (QoS) of the intelligent transportation system. However, current existing channel access schemes at the medium access control layer specified in 802.11 protocol, including hybrid coordination function control channel access (HCCA) and enhanced distributed channel access, could not efficiently achieve the QoS requirements in some special situations. This paper proposes a delay guaranteed HCCA (DG‐HCCA) scheduling scheme, which works based on a Markov decision process model and the measurement of historic performance, to guarantee the QoS enhanced data transmission for vehicles to roadside unit. Besides, this paper also presents a performance analysis model to systematically evaluate the system performance of the channel utility and the average delay. The performance of the proposed delay guaranteed HCCA scheduling scheme is compared with that of original HCCA scheme specified in 802.11p standard and other 2 HCCA improved schemes by the simulation experiments. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed solution could highly fulfill the transmission delay requirements with a better channel utility and less loss rates than those by the standard HCCA scheme and other 2 schemes.     

Study on bandwidth control for multiple transmission rates in IEEE 802.11e EDCAF

IEEE 802.11e supports the guaranteed quality of service (QoS) by providing different transmission priorities. IEEE 802.11e improves the media access control layer of IEEE 802.11 to satisfy the different QoS requirements by introducing two channel access functions: the enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) and the hybrid coordination function (HCF) controlled channel access (HCCA). Signal quality may affect the available bandwidth and transmission rate, because the characteristic of communication channel in wireless environment is in random time‐variation manner. Generally a station using a lower transmission rate will occupy communication channel for a longer time and degrade system performance, which causes unfairness and cannot provide the guaranteed QoS for the stations with higher transmission rates. We propose a bandwidth control scheme (BCS) by combining the IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed channel access function (EDCAF) protocol to overcome the guaranteed bandwidth issue in multirate environments. A multirate discrete Markov chain model is analyzed for the multirate transmission system in this paper. According to the obtained results, BCS improves performance especially in throughput and makes the different QoS requirements be processed efficiently and flexibly. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.