基于M/G/1/K排队模型的IEEE802.11e EDCA性能研究

该文利用二维Markov链分析方法,提出了一种新的IEEE802.11e EDCA网络分析模型,该模型引入了空闲状态和不同接入等级的仲裁帧间隔(AIFS)的使用;利用Markov链状态转移图的Z域信号传递函数推导了MAC层平均服务时间的概率分布;结合M/G/1/K排队模型分析了增强分布式信道接入(EDCA)在非饱和和饱和负载下的性能。经过访真实验结果与数值分析结果的对比,验证了分析模型的准确性。分析结果表明:EDCA接入机制只为不同优先级业务提供QoS区分;不同优先级业务信道接入的不公平性是EDCA接入机制的特点。     

一种增强MANET网络QoS性能的MAC机制

采用一种增强MANET网络QoS性能的MAC机制,引用“接力传输”和“接力中断”两种新的操作方法。对高优先级业务,MAC帧由源端被“接力”传输至目的端;对不同优先级的业务,产生不同次数的“接力中断”。每次接力中断增加一次信道竞争,由此达到不同优先级业务的区分。NS-2仿真表明此机制的有效性。     

太赫兹网络中基于优先级调度的低开销双信道MAC协议

针对现有太赫兹通信网络双信道MAC协议存在控制开销冗余和在竞争信道时缺少优先级调度策略等问题,提出了一种太赫兹网络中基于优先级调度的低开销双信道MAC协议（Low Overhead Dual-channel MAC Protocol Based on Priority Scheduling,LO-PSMAC）,包含通信距离预判、优先级调度策略的CSMA/CA和精简THz频段MAC帧三种机制,可有效提升信道利用率和整体网络吞吐量,同时减小控制开销和降低数据平均时延。仿真结果表明,所提协议与现有太赫兹双信道MAC协议相比,MAC层吞吐量和信道利用率分别提升了7.14%和14.75%,数据平均时延降低了14.21%。     

Ad-hoc网络中一种低控制开销的多信道MAC协议

针对Ad-hoc网络中多信道MAC机制引起的控制信道瓶颈问题和隐终端问题,该文提出一种低控制开销MAC协议(LCO-MAC)。与基于信道使用表一类的MAC机制不同,LCO-MAC参考Meshhadany提出的RTS/CTS(Request To Send/Clear To Send)信道分配机制,将数据信道映射为帧中时隙,但不同的是LCO-MAC不限制RTS的发送时间,且一旦申请信道后即可发送数据。仿真结果表明,LCO-MAC无需传输太多的控制信息用于预约信道,有效缓解了控制信道瓶颈问题和多信道隐终端问题,网络吞吐量也得到明显提升。     

IEEE 802.16d MAC层QoS调度架构的实现

文章简要介绍了IEEE802.16演进的历史,详细分析了802.16d协议中MAC层的QoS调度架构及其相关的MAC层机制,提出了一种新颖的QoS调度架构,并对其调度策略进行了深入的研究,给出了算法模型。这个调度架构能够区分不同的调度业务类型,并在其中引入了补偿模型,解决了无线信道产生的与时间和位置相关的错误所带来的问题。     

适用于平台摆动模型的HAPS通信系统信道分配算法

针对高空平台(HAPS)遭受平流层横风影响呈现水平摆动现象,引起地面呼叫用户为继续获得可靠服务在蜂窝间来回切换的问题,提出了平台摆动条件下区分用户优先级的信道预留和切换排队相结合的信道分配算法。该算法充分考虑了不同类型用户终端对服务等级的需求,对用户终端进行了优先级区分,且从降低切换失败率的角度,在信道预留基础上对切换呼叫用户进行排队。仿真结果表明,与传统的无优先级切换排队和区分优先级的固定信道预留算法相比,该算法能够显著降低切换掉话率,尤其是高优先级用户的切换掉话率,补偿了因平台运动所导致的系统性能损失。     

确保无线AdHoc网络服务质量的MAC协议研究

本文针对无线局域网中MAC层Qos支持技术进行了研究，在分析了现有的EDCF退避机制的静态参数设置方法的基础上，提出结合网络负载状况动态调节不同优先级业务的竞争窗口和退避时间，改变不同优先级业务的信道接入方式的方法。仿真结果表明，动态调节法相较于静态参数法在网络吞吐量、时延、碰撞率方面都有更好的表现。     

IEEE802．16d MAG层QoS调度架构的实现

文章简要介绍了IEEE802．16演进的历史，详细分析了802．16d协议中MAC层的QoS调度架构及其相关的MAC层机制，提出了一种新颖的QoS调度架构，并对其调度策略进行了深入的研究，给出了算法模型。这个调度架构能够区分不同的调度业务类型，并在其中引入了补偿模型，解农了无线信道产生的与时间和位置相关的错误所带来的问题。     

基于SPMA协议的混合式信道负载统计方法

战术瞄准网络技术系统作为美军新一代战术数据链系统,在链路层面以"全双工"通信为基础实现了基于优先级概率统计的多址接入协议SPMA(Statistic Priority-based Multiple Access)。战术数据链的链路层协议或称MAC协议描述了节点接入无线信道的规则,采用合适的MAC协议,能够更合理地分配有限的无线带宽资源,是战术数据链的关键技术之一。本文主要对统计优先级多址接入(SPMA)协议的信道占用状态进行研究,从物理层和网络层两方面对信道占用状态进行统计,然后采用预测技术有效的估计实际的信道占用状态,设计了一种准确的混合式信道负载统计方法,有效地降低了信道冲突,保证了数据发送的实时性和高优先级数据较高的成功传输概率。     

应用于航空Ad Hoc网络的高负载优先级均衡MAC协议

针对航空Ad Hoc网络在高负载下的低时延信道接入问题,提出一种优先级与公平性协作的多信道MAC协议(PBLL/HL)。在多信道检测统计基础上加以改进,结合优先级机制,在高负载网络中适时截流低优先级业务,优化网络流量,保证高优先级业务低时延发送;设计公平性优先级阈值与冲突退避窗口算法(PCA),减小低优先级业务接入时延。仿真结果表明,PBLL/HL能够在高负载网络有效控制信道接入,维持良好的网络流量,降低网络平均接入时延(低优先级业务时延过载时降低10%以上),稳定高负载网络吞吐量(最大吞吐量88.1%,过载时吞吐量下滑平缓),解决了航空数据链高业务量带来的高时延和网络拥塞。     

Arbitration Interframe Space‐controlled Medium Access Control: a medium access control protocol guaranteeing absolute priority in wireless local area networks

The demand for multimedia services, such as voice over Internet Protocol, video on demand, information dissemination, and ?le sharing, is increasing explosively in wireless local area networks. These multimedia services require a certain level of QoS. Thus, it is important to provide QoS for multimedia applications. IEEE 802.11e tries to meet the QoS requirement of multimedia services by using Enhanced Distributed Channel Access. This gives more weights to high‐priority tra?c than low‐priority tra?c in accessing the wireless channel. However, Enhanced Distributed Channel Access suffers from many problems such as low aggregate throughput, high collision rates, and ineffective QoS differentiation among priority classes. In this paper, we propose a new medium access scheme, the Arbitration Interframe Space‐controlled Medium Access Control (AC‐MAC), that guarantees absolute priority in 802.11 wireless networks. In AC‐MAC, the AIFS and contention window values are controlled, so that a higher‐priority tra?c can preferentially access and effectively utilize the channel. Extensive simulations show that AC‐MAC can perfectly provide absolute priority and good throughput performance regardless of the number of contending nodes. In the simulation of voice over Internet Protocol service, AC‐MAC provides effective QoS differentiation among services and also meets the high level of QoS requirements. AC‐MAC also adapts quickly in a dynamic environment and provides good fairness among the nodes belonging to the same priority class. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Distributed and Energy-Aware MAC for Differentiated Services Wireless Packet Networks: A General Queuing Analytical Framework

We present a novel queuing analytical framework for the performance evaluation of a distributed and energy-aware medium access control (MAC) protocol for wireless packet data networks with service differentiation. Specifically, we consider a node (both buffer-limited and energy-limited) in the network with two different types of traffic, namely, high-priority and low-priority traffic, and model the node as a MAP (Markovian arrival process)/PH (phase-type)/1/K nonpreemptive priority queue. The MAC layer in the node is modeled as a server and a vacation queuing model is used to model the sleep and wakeup mechanism of the server. We study standard exhaustive and number-limited exhaustive vacation models both in multiple vacation case. A setup time for the head-of-line packet in the queue is considered, which abstracts the contention and the back-off mechanism of the MAC protocol in the node. A nonideal wireless channel model is also considered, which enables us to investigate the effects of packet transmission errors on the performance behavior of the system. After obtaining the stationary distribution of the system using the matrix-geometric method, we study the performance indices, such as packet dropping probability, access delay, and queue length distribution, for high-priority packets as well as the energy saving factor at the node. Taking into account the bursty traffic arrival (modeled as MAP) and, therefore, the nonsaturation case for the queuing analysis of the MAC protocol, using phase-type distribution for both the service and the vacation processes, and combining the priority queuing model with the vacation queuing model make the analysis very general and comprehensive. Typical numerical results obtained from the analytical model are presented and validated by extensive simulations. Also, we show how the optimal MAC parameters can be obtained by using numerical optimization     

Can multiple subchannels improve the delay performance of RTS/CTS-based MAC schemes?

We analyze the delay performance of RTS/CTS-based (Request-To-Send/Clear-To-Send) multi-channel MAC (Medium Access Control) schemes for wireless networks. These schemes usually employ multiple data subchannels for data transmission and one control subchannel to send the RTS/CTS dialogue for channel reservation. Through theoretical analysis and simulations, we show that, in fully-connected networks, such multi-channel MAC schemes suffer longer delays than the corresponding single channel MAC scheme, that puts the RTS/CTS dialogue on the same channel as data packet transmissions. This conclusion holds even when data packets have different priorities and higher priority traffic is sent ahead of lower priority traffic.     

Modified Distributed Laxity Based Priority Scheduling Scheme

This paper proposes a medium access control (MAC) protocol for mobile Adhoc networks (MANET). The MAC layer is responsible for selecting the next packet to be transmitted and the timing of its transmission. Various new factors are introduced to determine the priority of the flow. The back-off mechanism devised by us grants node access to the channel based on the rank of its highest priority packets. It is clear that the proposed algorithm works better than the existing distributed laxity based priority-scheduling scheme and the same is proven using the simulation results using Glomosim.     

Performance analysis of adaptive MAC protocol in VANETs considering the potential impact on throughput and transmission delays

The existing adaptive multichannel medium access control (MAC) protocols in vehicular ad hoc networks can adjust themselves according to different vehicular traffic densities. These protocols can increase throughput and guarantee a bounded transmission delay for real‐time safety applications. However, the optimized control channel interval is computed based on the maximum throughput while ignoring the strict safety packet transmission delay requirements. In this paper, we analyze the effects of the throughput and strict safety packet transmission delay with adaptive multichannel MAC protocols, such as connectivity‐aware MAC (CA MAC), adaptive multi‐priority distributed MAC (APDM), multi‐priority supported p‐persistent MAC (MP MAC), and variable control channel interval MAC (VCI) protocols. The performance and analysis results show that: (a) under a low data rate condition, CA MAC does not guarantee a strict safety packet transmission delay; (b) APDM not only satisfies the safety packet transmission requirement, but also provides the lowest safety packet transmission delay; (c) under a high data rate condition, we suggest APDM for use as an adaptive MAC protocol because it allows for high throughput for nonsafety packets and preserves low safety packet transmission delay; (d) under a low data rate condition with various data packet sizes, we suggest MP MAC for high throughput, which satisfies the safety packet transmission requirement; and (e) under low vehicle density and low data rate conditions, VCI can support high throughput. A balance between transmission delay and throughput must be considered to improve the optimal efficiency, reliability, and adaptability.     

A Load-Balancing and Push-Out Scheme for Supporting QoS in MANETs

Currently, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) lack load-balancing capabilities, and thus, they fail to provide good performance especially in the case of a large volume of traffic. Ad hoc networks lack also service differentiation. However, in these wireless environments, where channel conditions are variable and bandwidth is scarce, the differentiated services developed for the Internet are suboptimal without lower layers' support. The IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless LANs is the most widely used WLAN standard today. It has a mode of operation that can be used to provide service differentiation, but it has been shown to perform badly. In this paper, we present a simple but very effective method for support Quality of Service, by the use of load-balancing and push-out scheme. This approach offers to the mobile node: the ability to alleviate congestion by traffic distribution of excessive load, and to support priority of packets in the single MAC buffer. We evaluate the performance of our algorithm and compare it with the original IEEE 802.11b protocol. Simulation results show that this new approach reduces packet loss rate and increases throughput as well as provides service differentiation in the MAC layer.     

PAINT: Priority aware interference mitigation techniques for improving coexistence in home area networks of smart grid

As smart grid (SG) home area networks (HANs) communicate with various smart devices such as meters, sensors, and actuators on a 2.4‐GHz unlicensed band, the coexistence of different wireless technologies in such networks is a common phenomenon due to the overlapping of channels. In this research, homogeneous and heterogeneous interference are considered to address the coexistence problem in smart utility networks (SUNs). The homogeneous interference is mitigated by utilizing the contention free period (CFP) and the contention access period (CAP) of the MAC layer superframe of IEEE 802.15.4g designed for SUNs. This frame is used to get access for the channel. For this, a slotted CSMA/CA algorithm is used for various priority levels of data with adjustable backoff period (BP) and clear channel assessment (CCA) period in order that nodes (devices) with high priority can achieve high probability of channel access. By modeling the proposed scheme using the Markov chain, the exactness of the proposed scheme is assessed based on throughput, channel access delay, energy consumption per bit, and probability of successful data transmission and collision. A performance evaluation of the proposed scheme is further investigated by comparing it with the existing scheme PA‐MAC. In addition, a channel switching mechanism is explored to mitigate the heterogeneous interference with the help of a Naive Bayes classifier prediction. Finally, the prediction indicates that by choosing the non‐coexisting and the non‐overlapping channel, the proposed channel switching mechanism effectively mitigates the heterogeneous interference.     

Wireless Adaptive Framed Pseudo-Bayesian Aloha (AFPBA) Algorithm with Priorities

In this paper, we propose a new priority algorithm to control the access to the wireless ATM MAC uplink frame, for multimedia traffic like wireless ATM, similar to the Pseudo-Bayesian algorithm presented in [1]. The adaptive framed Pseudo-Bayesian Aloha (AFPBA) algorithm ensures minimum access delay for high priority traffic classes with small delay degradation to low priority traffic classes. Control packets are transmitted in each slot according to transmission probabilities based on the history of the channel and in contention with other packets of the same priority class. The number of contention slots assigned for each priority class, on a given frame, changes adaptively according to its priority index and the estimated arrival rate on each frame using an adaptive slot assignment mechanism. Finally, the throughput analysis of the algorithm is presented and the delay performance is evaluated by simulation on a wireless channel in the presence of shadowing, Rayleigh fading and capture. Results show that the wireless channel offers significant delay improvements to all priority packets, especially in the presence of fast fading.