Design and analysis of cooperative wireless data access algorithms in multi-radio wireless networks

In the future, most mobile nodes will have multiple radio interfaces, and this feature can be exploited to reduce the transmission cost in wireless data access applications. In this work, we propose cooperative poll-each-read (CoopPER) and cooperative callback (CoopCB) wireless data access algorithms with strong consistency in multi-radio wireless networks. In addition, we investigate CoopPER and CoopCB in heterogeneous wireless networks where CoopPER and CoopCB nodes are mixed. Extensive simulations are done to show the effects of access-to-update ratio, data access pattern, cache size, and cooperation range. Simulation results demonstrate that CoopPER and CoopCB can significantly reduce the expensive transmission cost over wireless links.     

End-to-end utility-based resource allocation for multi-RAT nodes in heterogeneous cognitive wireless networks

This paper studies the problem of effective resource allocation for multi-radio access technologies (Multi-RAT) nodes in heterogeneous cognitive wireless networks (HCWNs). End-to-end utility, which is defined as the delay of end-to-end communication, is taken into account in this paper. In the scenario of HCWNs, it is assumed that the cognitive radio nodes have the ability of Multi-RAT and can communicate with each other through different paths simultaneously by splitting the arrival packets. In this paper, the problem is formulated as the optimization of split ratio and power allocation of the source cognitive radio node to minimize the delay of end-to-end communication, and a low complexity step-by-step iterative algorithm is proposed. Numerical results show good performance of the proposed algorithm over two other conventional algorithms.     

IEEE 802.11 and 802.16 Cooperation Within Multi-Radio Stations

In this paper we consider a multi-radio wireless network client that is capable of simultaneous operation in IEEE 802.16 and IEEE 802.11 telecommunication networks. In order to enable the cooperative functioning of both networks we introduce the media access control coordination concept. A set of coordination algorithms is then presented together with a simple approach to their performance analysis. Our performance evaluation shows that the saturation goodput of the proposed coordination algorithm is at least 50% higher than that of the existing coordination algorithms. Moreover, it allows for the considerable reduction in the data packet delay.     

Optimisation of dynamic interface selection mechanisms on multi-radio devices in ad hoc networks

Selecting the most appropriate output interface on multi-radioequipped terminals leads to an optimised system. The results from both experimental and simulated analyses of two different strategies on dynamic selection of the outbound interface on multi-radio devices in wireless ad hoc networks are presented and compared. Findings from the studies are twofold. First, they show that intelligent selection of a communication interface in heterogeneous ad hoc networks leads to enhanced performance in terms of throughput and packet loss. Secondly, different strategies result in optimisation of different parameters. This latter aspect is particularly interesting since a cognitive user-centric use of the different strategies could be leveraged in order to best serve the specific service and user originated requirements.     

异构无线网络中多模终端多接入选择机制研究

为进一步提升多模移动终端的传输性能和服务连续性,设计了一种利用异构无线网络多无线传输分集进行多网络同时接入和并行传输的多模终端多接入选择机制,该机制应用指数平滑方法处理已测量参数;使用状态转移模型管理终端多个网卡的接入选择策略;采用效用函数动态平衡终端功耗与传输速率。仿真结果表明与传统切换式接入选择相比,所提出的方法显著减少了不必要的接入重选次数,并在保证终端功耗与吞吐量的前提下提高了传输能效。     

异构网络中多网络并行传输的网络选择算法

为了充分利用异构网络中的无线资源,提出了一种基于多网络并行传输的异构网络接入选择算法,该算法根据终端接收信号功率确定能够进行通信的无线网络,以这些无线网络的任意非空子集作为候选方案,计算各个方案对应的聚合属性,再根据吞吐量和功耗阈值条件限定候选网络方案,对这些方案建立多属性决策矩阵,采用基于用户偏好的逼近理想值排序法(TOPSIS)得到各个候选网络方案的效用函数值,从中选出与理想方案最接近的多网络接入方案。仿真结果表明该算法能有效改善用户服务质量,提高用户吞吐量,降低用户的单位吞吐量对应的功耗和费用,保证网络的负载均衡。      

JTCP: jitter-based TCP for heterogeneous wireless networks

Transmission control protocol (TCP), a widely used transport protocol performs well over the traditional network which is constructed by purely wired links. As wireless access networks are growing rapidly, the wired/wireless mixed internetwork, a heterogeneous environment will get wide deployment in the next-generation ALL-IP wireless networks. TCP which detects the losses as congestion events could not suit the heterogeneous network in which the losses will be introduced by higher bit-error rates or handoffs. There exist some unsolved challenges for applying TCP over wireless links. End-to-end congestion control and fairness issues are two significant factors. To satisfy these two criteria, we propose a jitter-based scheme to adapt sending rates to the packet losses and jitter ratios. The experiment results show that our jitter-based TCP (JTCP) conducts good performance over the heterogeneous network.     

Network selection policy in multi-radio access environment using stochastic control theory

Network selection is crucial in improving the performance of heterogeneous wireless access systems.Most of previous work on network selection or radio resource allocation concentrates on the capability of each available network and ignores the time-varying nature of wireless media due to channel fading.However,the channel condition determines the state of each wireless network and plays a vital role in ensuring quality of service in multi-radio access environment.In this article,we propose a network selection policy using stochastic control theory considering the time-varying and stochastic character of wireless channels.The proposed scheme selects one network among different alternatives in each decision epoch according to the channel state of each network,which is modeled as finite-state Markov channel,with the objectives of increasing the data-rate,decreasing the bit error rate and minishing the delay.The procedure of network selection is formulated as a stochastic control problem,which can be solved using linear programming and primal-dual index heuristic algorithm.Simulation results are presented to show that network selection has great impact on the system performance,and the proposed scheme can improve the performance significantly.     

Enhancing Fairness and Throughput of TCP in Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks

Most of the recent research on TCP over heterogeneous wireless networks has concentrated on differentiating between packet drops caused by congestion and link errors, to avoid significant throughput degradations due to the TCP sending window being frequently shut down, in response to packet losses caused not by congestion but by transmission errors over wireless links. However, TCP also exhibits inherent unfairness toward connections with long round-trip times or traversing multiple congested routers. This problem is aggravated by the difference of bit-error rates between wired and wireless links in heterogeneous wireless networks. In this paper, we apply the TCP Bandwidth Allocation (TBA) algorithm, which we have proposed previously, to improve TCP fairness over heterogeneous wireless networks with combined wireless and wireline links. To inform the sender when congestion occurs, we propose to apply Wireless Explicit Congestion Notification (WECN). By controlling the TCP window behavior with TBA and WECN, congestion control and error-loss recovery are effectively separated. Further enhancement is also incorporated to smooth traffic bursts. Simulation results show that not only can the combined TBA and WECN mechanism improve TCP fairness, but it can maintain good throughput performance in the presence of wireless losses as well. A salient feature of TBA is that its main functions are implemented in the access node, thus simplifying the sender-side implementation.     

Seamless session mobility scheme in heterogeneous wireless networks

The next generation wireless communication system will likely be heterogeneous networks, as various technologies can be integrated on heterogeneous networks. A mobile multiple‐mode device can easily access the Internet through different wireless interfaces. The mobile multiple‐mode device thus could switch to different access points to maintain the robustness of the connection when it can acquire more resources from other heterogeneous wireless networks. The mobile multiple‐mode device therefore needs to face the handover problem in such environment. This work introduces Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)‐based cross‐layer scheme to support seamless handover scheme over heterogeneous networks. The proposed scheme consists of a battery lifetime‐based handover policy and cross‐layer fast handover scheme, called the SIP‐based mobile stream control transmission protocol (SmSCTP). This work describes the major idea of the proposed scheme and infrastructure. The proposed scheme has been implemented in Linux system. The simulation and numerical results demonstrate that the proposed SmSCTP scheme yields better signaling cost, hand‐off delay time, packet loss and delay jitter than SIP and mSCTP protocols. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

异构无线网络可信接入设计及实现

异构无线网络互连后的安全问题是当前网络安全研究的一个热点问题,为了解决异构网络互连后产生的接入安全问题,提出了一种基于信任模型的可信接入框架,该框架建立了异构无线网络间的信任评价体系,对接入异构无线网络用户除了进行身份验证,还必须进行用户信任度的验证,既拒绝了恶意节点接入,又确保了合法节点的安全接入,从而保证异构无线网络互连接入的安全和可信。     

OpenFIow Based Flow Slice Load Balancing

Today＇s data center networks are designed using densely interconnected hosts in the data center.There are multiple paths between source host and destination server.Therefore,how to balance traffic is key issue with the fast growth of network applications.Although lots of load balancing methods have been proposed,the traditional approaches cannot fully satisfy the requirement of load balancing in data center networks.The main reason is the lack of efficient ways to obtain network traffic statistics from each network device.As a solution,the OpenFlow protocol enables monitoring traffic statistics by a centralized controller.However,existing solutions based on OpenFlow present a difficult dilemma between load balancing and packet reordering.To achieve a balance between load balancing and packet reordering,we propose an OpenFlow based flow slice load balancing algorithm.Through introducing the idea of differentiated service,the scheme classifies Internet flows into two categories：the aggressive and the normal,and applies different splitting granularities to the two classes of flows.This scheme improves the performance of load balancing and also reduces the number of reordering packets.Using the trace-driven simulations,we show that the proposed scheme gains over 50%improvement over previous schemes under the path delay estimation errors,and is a practical and efficient algorithm.     

一种基于上下文感知的垂直切换技术研究

未来网络的发展趋势是各种无线接入网络共存的异构网络环境,而垂直切换技术是融合多个异构接入网络的关键技术之一,垂直切换包括三个阶段,即系统发现、切换决策和切换执行。文中主要研究了基于上下文感知的垂直切换判决策略,并与移动垂直切换技术相结合,实现了WLAN/UMTS网络间的垂直切换,通过仿真表明该方法在吞吐量和切换时延方面都得到改善。     

对发展3G和移动宽带无线接入技术的思考

固网运营商利用已经有的宽带IP网采用IEEE 802.1 6d等宽带无线接入技术从固定向移动接入演化是明智的选择,移动运营商为发挥已经有资源的效益沿3G路线演化是必然选择,但从发展的角度看移动宽带无线接入采用无连接的分组统计复用,核心网全IP化是大势所趋.文章在介绍IEEE 802.1 6d/e、CDMA2000 1 x EV-DV的基础上,探讨了移动宽带无线接入技术的发展趋势,指出目前3G无线链路向分组化演化的基本技术和IEEE 802.1 6d/e是相同的,最终将殊途同归.文章强调指出中国的TD-SCDMA应尽快向无连接的分组统计复用方向演化.     

Probability Models for the Splitting Algorithm in Wireless Access Networks with Multipacket Reception and Finite Nodes

In this paper, we propose an analytical approach for performance evaluation of the classic tree/stack splitting algorithm in an interference-dominating wireless access network with random traffic and finite nodes. In an interference-dominating wireless access network, a receiver could simultaneously receive multiple packets from a variety of transmitters, as long as the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold. We use discrete-time Markov chains and regenerative processes to derive the throughput curve, the packet blocking probability, the average system size, and the average packet delay. We show that the exact performance of the splitting algorithm depends on the total number of nodes in the network. We verify our numerical results by rigorous mathematical proof and computer simulations.     

Radio Network Aggregation for 5G Mobile Terminals in Heterogeneous Wireless and Mobile Networks

This paper provides a novel design concept for advanced mobile multi interface terminals with radio network aggregation capability and enhanced quality of service (QoS) provisioning for multimedia services (voice, video and data) in heterogeneous wireless and mobile networks. A new module is established which provides the best QoS and lowest cost for any given multimedia service by using simultaneously all available wireless and mobile access networks for a given traffic flow. This novel adaptive QoS module with adaptive QoS routing algorithm is called advanced QoS routing algorithm (AQoSRA), which is defined independently from any existing and future radio access technology. The performance of our proposal is evaluated using simulations and analysis with multi-interface mobile stations with AQoSRA within, carrying multimedia traffic in heterogeneous mobile and wireless environment with coexistence of multiple Radio Access Technologies, such as 3G, 4G as well as future 5G radio access networks. The analysis of the proposed framework for radio networks aggregation in advanced mobile terminals has shown overall better performances regarding the achievable throughput and multimedia access probability in heterogeneous wireless and mobile environment.     

CASHeW: Cluster-based Adaptive Scheme for Multimedia Delivery in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Multimedia streaming over heterogeneous wireless networks has attracted significant interest in recent years from both telecom network operators and end users. However, the heterogeneity of the wireless network makes it very difficult to synchronize real-time multimedia streaming to different types of end-user devices across different wireless networks. In addition, with different delay and packet loss across different networks, multimedia delivery over the heterogeneous wireless networks cannot provide good quality streaming video. This paper proposes CASHeW—a novel cluster-based design with an in-built feedback-based adaptive mechanism that results in a higher video perceived quality in two-hop heterogeneous wireless network environments. CASHeW employs a proxy-client-server mechanism between the base station (BS) and the end-user; and importantly uses a quality-oriented adaptive scheme for efficient multimedia delivery. Simulation-based tests indicate that the performance of CASHeW not only outperforms transport layer adaptive delivery protocols like the TCP-Friendly Rate Control Protocol (TFRCP) and Loss Delay Adaptation (LDA+), but also is better than that of medium access control (MAC) layer protocols such as the Receiver Based Auto Rate (RBAR) and Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) in terms of average perceived quality, average bit rate and loss rate.     

多无线电协作技术与异构网络融合

异构网络融合是未来网络技术发展的必然趋势。异构网络的融合面临着高延迟、高消耗、低速率等诸多方面的“瓶颈”。为克服这些“瓶颈”,满足异构网络融合的需求,多无线电协作技术应运而生。通过多无线电间的相互协作和对多无线电资源的有效管理及合理分配,能够有效地提高网络吞吐量,降低无线设备的能量消耗,减少异构网络间切换的延迟,从而为实现真正的异构网络无缝融合提供了可能。     

Dynamic traffic split scheme in an integrated LTE and HSDPA networks

In the future, the wireless communication networks can be visualized as the integration of different radio access technologies （RATs）, which are referred to as heterogeneous wireless networks （HWNs）. In this paper, the traffic split scheme in the HWNs integrating the long term evolution （LTE） and the high speed downlink packet access （HSDPA） networks is investigated. Assuming that the networks can support multi-homing access and the user can be served by both networks simultaneously, the traffic split problem is described as an optimization problem with the aim of maximizing the throughput. By solving the problem, the dynamic traffic split scheme is proposed. The split ratios in the scheme should be proportional to the transmission rates in theory, which are hard to be described in the closed forms. Then the adaptive algorithm is proposed to obtain the split ratios. Simulation results show that the scheme with the adaptive algorithm provides better performance than the scheme without it over the additive white Gaussian noise （AWGN） fading channel and Rayleigh fading channel.     

A Packet Scheduling Approach to QoS Support in Multihop Wireless Networks

Providing packet-level quality of service (QoS) is critical to support both rate-sensitive and delay-sensitive applications in bandwidth-constrained, shared-channel, multihop wireless networks. Packet scheduling has been a very popular paradigm to ensure minimum throughput and bounded delay access for packet flows. This work describes a packet scheduling approach to QoS provisioning in multihop wireless networks. Besides minimum throughput and delay bounds for each flow, our scheduling disciplines seek to achieve fair and maximum allocation of the shared wireless channel bandwidth. However, these two criteria can potentially be in conflict in a generic-topology multihop wireless network where a single logical channel is shared among multiple contending flows and spatial reuse of the channel bandwidth is possible. In this paper, we propose a new scheduling model that addresses this conflict. The main results of this paper are the following: (a) a two-tier service model that provides a minimum fair allocation of the channel bandwidth for each packet flow and additionally maximizes spatial reuse of bandwidth, (b) an ideal centralized packet scheduling algorithm that realizes the above service model, and (c) a practical distributed backoff-based channel contention mechanism that approximates the ideal service within the framework of the CSMA/CA protocol.