Quality of service for multimedia traffic using cross-layer design

Quality-of-service (QoS) guarantees are critical for the transmission of multimedia traffic over mobile wireless networks. Currently, wireless networks provide QoS guarantees using the legacy layered protocol architecture where each layer provides a separate, independent solution, with its own optimised adaptation and protection mechanisms. Cross-layer design has been proposed as a methodology to extend that paradigm in wireless links where there is interdependence between the layers and hence opportunity for information sharing. Recently, cross-layer adaptation mechanisms have been proposed which attempt to solve the QoS provisioning problem. However, most of these mechanisms only use the lower (physical and data link) layers and the possibility of using higher protocol layers remains unexplored. As a result, restrictions are placed on the system which introduces functional and efficiency limitations. Here, one such limitation is highlighted, namely the inability to insert more than one class of traffic in a physical layer frame. A physical and application layer cross-layer adaptation mechanism is then proposed, which overcomes this limitation. The performance results of the scheme show that the cross-layer mechanism can be efficiently applied for the purpose of providing QoS guarantees for multimedia traffic.     

Cross-Layer Design for EH Systems with Finite Buffer Constraints

Energy harvesting (EH) technology in wireless communication is a promising approach to extend the lifetime of future wireless networks. A cross-layer optimal adaptation policy for a point-to-point energy harvesting (EH) wireless communication system with finite buffer constraints over a Rayleigh fading channel based on a Semi-Markov Decision Process (SMDP) is investigated. Most adaptation strategies in the literature are based on channel-dependent adaptation. However, besides considering the channel, the state of the energy capacitor and the data buffer are also involved when proposing a dynamic modulation policy for EH wireless networks. Unlike the channel-dependent policy, which is a physical layer-based optimization, the proposed cross-layer dynamic modulation policy is a guarantee to meet the overflow requirements of the upper layer by maximizing the throughput while optimizing the transmission power and minimizing the dropping packets. Based on the states of the channel conditions, data buffer, and energy capacitor, the scheduler selects a particular action corresponding to the selected modulation constellation. Moreover, the packets are modulated into symbols according to the selected modulation type to be ready for transmission over the Rayleigh fading channel. Simulations are used to test the performance of the proposed cross-layer policy scheme, which shows that it significantly outperforms the physical layer channel-dependent policy scheme in terms of throughput only.     

OFDMA系统中支持混合业务的跨层调度算法

针对正交频分多址接入(OFDMA)系统下行链路的混合业务调度问题,提出了一种基于队列等待时间的跨层调度算法.该算法联合利用了MAC层的队列等待时间与物理层的信道状态信息作为调度参数,通过队列等待时间反映用户的服务质量要求,并利用多用户分集增益提高系统性能;针对实时和非实时用户的不同服务质量要求,在队列等待时间的计算上采取了不同的策略;在子载波的分配过程中根据分配状态及时更新队列等待时间,使资源的利用更为有效.仿真结果表明,提出的算法可显著降低实时用户的平均时延和最大延时违反概率,同时保证了非实时用户的吞吐量需求,能够有效地支持下一代网络中混合业务的多种服务质量要求.     

无线传感器网络中基于尺度的协 同中继跨层QoS路由算法

提出了一种基于尺度的协同中继自主转发跨层QoS路由算法(MCRICQR).节点根据能量、信道、拥塞以及与汇点的距离等综合因素形成一个选择度量,度量最大的节点根据自己所处状态自主选择直接转发、中继转发以及跃进转发数据包.仿真结果表明,该算法能根据网络状况及时转发数据,提高网络可靠性,对网络负载进行均衡,提高网络吞吐量和能量效率,从而延长网络寿命,保障了无线传感器网络的QoS需求.     

Jamming-based medium access control with dynamic priority adjustment in wireless ad-hoc networks

The paper presents a jamming-based MAC with dynamic priority adjustment (JMDPA) for multimedia services in wireless ad hoc networks. The proposed scheme differentiates multimedia traffic into classes with different priority levels. A mobile node is prioritised in frame transmissions by issuing a precalculated length of jamming noise: the one with the longest jamming length can win the frame transmission. The winner immediately broadcasts its current priority level (local priority) to update the global priorities of all the neighbouring nodes. The global priority is used as a contention baseline, which prevents any node with a local priority lower than the baseline from participating in the next contention. One of the innovative designs in the proposed scheme is right, in that the priority of a mobile node can be dynamically adjusted according to network conditions so that any possible starvation of low-priority traffic or any ineffective contention of high-priority traffic can be avoided. A multidimensional Markov model, together with the scalability analysis, is introduced to evaluate the performance of the proposed JMDPA. The analytical results provide very useful guidelines to tune the QoS parameters for supporting prioritised multimedia traffic in wireless ad hoc networks     

Enhancing enhanced distributed channel access function based on cross-layer information for multirate wireless networks

IEEE 802.lie provides guaranteed quality of service (QoS) by proving different transmission priorities. IEEE 802. lie improves the media access control layer of IEEE 802.11 to satisfy the different QoS requirements by introducing two new channel access functions: the enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) and the hybrid coordination function-controlled channel access. The available bandwidth and transmission rate may be easily affected by the signal quality, because the communication channel in a wireless environment operates in a random time-variation manner. Generally, a station using a low transmission rate will occupy the communication channel for a long time and degrade system performance, which causes bandwidth waste and unfairness; thus the guaranteed QoS for stations with higher transmission rates cannot be provided. An enhancing EDCAF (E DCAF) is proposed that consolidates the cross-layer concept and the IEEE 802.1 le EDCAF protocol. After simulation experiments, E DCAF obviously improves performance, especially in throughput and fairness. E DCAF scheduling also allows the different QoS requirements to be processed efficiently and flexibly.     

Adaptive Handover Decision Inspired By Biological Mechanism in Vehicle Ad-hoc Networks

In vehicle ad-hoc networks (VANETs), the proliferation of wireless communication will give rise to the heterogeneous access environment where network selection becomes significant. Motivated by the self-adaptive paradigm of cellular attractors, this paper regards an individual communication as a cell, so that we can apply the revised attractor selection model to induce each connected vehicle. Aiming at improving the Quality of Service (QoS), we presented the bio-inspired handover decision-making mechanism. In addition, we employ the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) for any vehicle to choose an access network. This paper proposes a novel framework where the bio-inspired mechanism is combined with TOPSIS. In a dynamic and random mobility environment, our method achieves the coordination of performance of heterogeneous networks by guaranteeing the efficient utilization and fair distribution of network resources in a global sense. The experimental results confirm that the proposed method performs better when compared with conventional schemes.     

Cross-layer queuing analysis on multihop relaying networks with adaptive modulation and coding

Multihop relaying is one of the promising techniques in future generation wireless networks. The adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) mechanisms can be applied in order to increase the spectral efficiency of wireless multihop networks. However, most of these mechanisms concentrate on the physical layer without taking the queuing effects at the data link layer into account, whose performances are overestimated. Therefore the cross-layer analytical framework is presented in analysing the quality-of-service (QoS) performances of the decode-and-forward (DF) relaying wireless networks, where the AMC is employed at the physical layer under the conditions of unsaturated traffic and finite-length queue at the data link layer. Considering the characteristics of DF relaying protocol at the physical layer, the authors first propose modelling a two-hop DF relaying wireless channel with AMC as an equivalent Finite State Markov Chain (FSMC) in queuing analysis. Then, the performances in terms of queuing delay, packet loss rate and average throughput are derived. The numerical results show that the proposed analytical method can be efficiently applied for studying the issues including the relay deployment and the cross-layer design in the multihop relaying networks.     

An analytical solution based on mobility and multicriteria optimization for access selection in heterogeneous environment

Providing global connectivity with high speed and guaranteed quality at any place and any time is now becoming a reality due to the integration and co-ordination of different radio access technologies. The internetworking of existing networks with diverse characteristics has been considered attractive to meet the incredible development of interactive multimedia services and ever-growing demands of mobile users. Due to the diverse characteristics of heterogeneous networks, several challenges have to be addressed in terms of quality of service (QoS), mobility management and user preferences. To achieve this goal, an optimal network selection algorithm is needed to select the target network for maximizing the end user satisfaction. The existing works do not consider the integration of utility function with mobile terminal mobility characteristics to minimize ping-pong effects in the integrated networks. An integrated multicriteria network selection algorithm based on multiplicative utility function and residual residence time (RRT) estimation is proposed to keep the mobile users always best connected. Multiplicative weighted utility function considers network conditions, application QoS and user preferences to evaluate the available networks. In this paper, the proposed scheme is implemented with two mainstreams (pedestrian users and high-velocity users). For high-velocity users, RRT and adaptive residence time threshold are also considered to keep the probability of handover failures and unnecessary handovers within the limits. Monte-Carlo simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme outperforms against existing approaches.     

基于服务曲线的TDMA无线网络上行信道时隙调度算法

研究了采用TDMA接入方式的无线分组网络上行信道时隙分配策略,基于移动台的QoS要求,提出了一种自适应时隙分配算法。利用服务曲线对移动台的QoS要求进行了建模。算法的目标是在尽量满足所有移动台Qos要求的基础上提高系统的上行吞吐量。在无法满足所有移动台QoS要求的情况下,使得移动台实际发送的数据与满足服务曲线要求之间的偏差最小。仿真结果表明：该算法能够在系统吞吐量和系统偏差之间进行折衷,从而有效地平衡上述两个目标。     

Provision of proportional delay differentiation in wireless LAN using a cross-layer fine-tuning scheduling scheme

The proportional delay differentiation (PDD) is one of the most well-known quality of service (QoS) models and has drawn much attention because of its 'controllable' and 'predictable' characteristics. How to provide PDD in a wireless LAN (WLAN) is addressed and a cross-layer fine-tuning scheduling (CFS) scheme with the goal to maintain PDD among all wireless stations is proposed, while improving performance in a WLAN. CFS additionally considers the time-varying channel capacity to schedule packets, finely tunes the contention window and properly arbitrates the backoff time. Also, it operates in a fully distributed manner among all stations and in a cross-layer approach in each station. The simulation results demonstrate that the CFS scheme can provide more satisfactory PDD and higher performance in a WLAN, compared with 802.1 le.     

Mobile agent based approach for QoS routing

A mobile agent based on-demand quality of service (QoS) unicast routing scheme for supporting multimedia applications is proposed that considers bandwidth, delay and packet loss as QoS metrics for feasible path computation. A mobile agent is employed to find multiple QoS paths and select a best path among them to preserve resources so as to increase call success ratio and network bandwidth utilisation as well as adapt to network dynamics. The scheme is simulated in various network scenarios (sparse and dense networks) to verify performance and operation effectiveness, and compared with RSVP-based QoS routing by using an internet routing protocol. The results demonstrate significant improvements in call success ratio and network bandwidth utilisation compared with RSVP-based QoS routing, both in case of sparse and dense networks. Benefits of the agent-based scheme are adaptability, flexibility, and support for component-based software engineering features such as software reuse, customisation and maintainability     

An Efficient Greedy Traffic Aware Routing Scheme for Internet of Vehicles

A new paradigm of VANET has emerged in recent years: Internet of Vehicles (IoV). These networks are formed on the roads and streets between travellers who have relationships, interactions and common social interests. Users of these networks exchange information of common interest, for example, traffic jams and dangers on the way. They can also exchange files such as multimedia files. IoV is considered as part of the Internet of Things (IoT) where objects are vehicles, which can create a multitude of services dedicated to the intelligent transportation system. The interest is to permit to all connected vehicles to communicate with each other and/or with a central server, through other vehicles. Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication is the main component, because the services encompassed in the IoV are based on the vehicles in question, such as transmitter, relay and receiver. This work is focusing on designing and developing a Quality of Service (QoS) routing scheme dedicated to IoV networks. Especially, we aim to improve the Greedy Traffic Aware Routing (GyTAR) protocol to support QoS in IoV networks. To evaluate the proposed approach in terms of QoS in the context of IoV networks, the performance metrics such as average end-to-end delay and packet delivery ratio are taken into consideration to analyse the network situation.     

An Optimized Algorithm for Resource Allocation for D2D in Heterogeneous Networks

With the emergence of 5G mobile multimedia services, end users’ demand for high-speed, low-latency mobile communication network access is increasing. Among them, the device-to-device (D2D) communication is one of the considerable technology. In D2D communication, the data does not need to be relayed and forwarded by the base station, but under the control of the base station, a direct local link is allowed between two adjacent mobile devices. This flexible communication mode reduces the processing bottlenecks and coverage blind spots of the base station, and can be widely used in dense user communication scenarios such as heterogeneous ultra-dense wireless networks. One of the important factors which affects the quality-of-service (QoS) of D2D communications is co-channel interference. In order to solve this problem of co-channel interference, this paper proposes a graph coloring based algorithm. The main idea is to utilize the weighted priority of spectrum resources and enables multiple D2D users to reuse the single cellular user resource. The proposed algorithm also provides simpler power control. The heterogeneous pattern of interference is determined using different types of interferences and UE and the priority of color is acquired. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively reduced the co-channel interference, power consumption and improved the system throughput as compared with existing algorithms.     

Dynamic resource allocation for supporting real-time multimedia applications in IEEE 802.15.3 WPANs

The IEEE 802.15.3 medium access control (MAC) protocol is an emerging standard for high-rate wireless personal area networks (WPANs), especially for supporting high-quality real-time multimedia applications. Despite defining quality of service (QoS) signalling mechanisms for interoperability between devices, IEEE 802.15.3 does not specify resource allocation algorithms that are left to manufacturers. To guarantee the QoS of real-time variable bit rate (VBR) videos and utilise the radio resource efficiently, the authors propose a dynamic resource allocation algorithm. The proposed bandwidth allocation algorithm is based on a novel traffic predictor. Recently, the variable step-size normalised least mean square (VSSNLMS) algorithm was employed for on-line traffic prediction of VBR videos. However, the performance of the VSSNLMS algorithm significantly degrades due to the abrupt traffic variation occurring at the scene boundary. To tackle this problem, the authors design a novel traffic predictor based on a simple scene detection algorithm and the VSSNLMS algorithm. Analyses using real-life MPEG video traces indicate that the proposed traffic predictor significantly outperforms the VSSNLMS algorithm with respect to the prediction error. The performance of the proposed bandwidth allocation algorithm is also investigated by comparing several existing algorithms. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed bandwidth allocation algorithm surpasses other mechanisms in terms of channel utilisation, buffer usage and packet loss rate.     

一种基于跨层设计的UWB无线Ad hoc网络MAC层协议

运用跨层设计思想和方法研究了超宽带（UWB）无线自组织（Ad hoc）网络媒体访问控制（MAC）层协议的设计,提出了一种可利用UWB技术定位性好的优势和实现跨层协作的MAC层协议。该协议通过物理层、MAC层和网络层之间的跨层协作来解决自组织网络单信道无线传输过程中的隐藏终端和暴露终端问题以及网络能量节约问题,以提高网络的性能。仿真实验表明,该协议在平均吞吐量、平均端到端时延以及能量开销等性能指标上,均优于已有的IEEE802．11和MACA—BIMAC协议。该协议的设计思想和方法为下一步的UWB无线Ad hoc网络研究奠定了理论和实验基础。     

Coded-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in hybrid optical networks

Future Internet should be able to support a wide range of services containing large amount of multimedia over different network types at a high speed. The future optical networks will therefore be hybrid, composed of different single-mode fibre (SMF), multi-mode fibre (MMF) and free-space optical (FSO) links. In these networks, novel modulation and coding techniques are needed that are capable of dealing with different channel impairments, be it in SMF, MMF or FSO links. The authors propose a coded-modulation scheme suitable for use in hybrid FSO - fibre-optics networks. The proposed scheme is based on polarization-multiplexing and coded - orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with large girth quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes as channel codes. The proposed scheme is able to simultaneously deal with atmospheric turbulence, chromatic dispersion and polarisation mode dispersion (PMD). With a proper design for 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)-based polarisation-multiplexed coded-OFDM, the aggregate data rate of 100 Gb/s can be achieved for OFDM signal bandwidth of only 12.5 GHz, which represents a scheme compatible with 100 Gb/s per wavelength channel transmission and 100 Gb/s Ethernet.     

Cooperative wireless networks for better green services

During the last two decades, mobile communication systems (such as GSM, GPRS and 3G networks), wireless broadcasting networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN or WiFi), and wireless sensor networks have been successfully developed and widely deployed through different technological routes for providing a variety of communication services in different application scenarios. While making tremendous contributions to social progress and economic growth, these heterogeneous wireless networks consume a lot of energy in achieving overlapped service coverage, and at the same time, generate strong electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radiation pollution, especially in big cities with high building density and user population. In order to guarantee the overall return on investment (ROI), improve user experience and quality of service (QoS), save energy, reduce EMI and radiation pollution, and enable the sustainable deployment of new profitable applications and services, this paper proposes a cross-network cooperation mechanism to effectively share network resources and infrastructures, and then adaptively control and match multi-network energy distribution characteristics according to actual user/service requirements in different geographic areas. Some idle or lightly-loaded Base Stations (BS or BSs) will be temporally turned off for saving energy and reducing EMI. Initial simulation results show the proposed approach can significantly improve the overall energy efficiency and QoS performance across multiple cooperative wireless networks.     

水声网络中的跨层设计研究

跨层设计是水声网络中急需解决的关键技术之一。对于能量和可用频带严重受限的水声网络系统,跨层设计能有效地利用海洋声信道环境下稀少的可用资源,克服分层网络设计中非最优和不灵活的缺点,使系统运行在最佳模式下。在介绍国内外水声网络跨层设计研究的基础上,提出了一种基于控制通道和数据通道的双通道水声网络跨层设计模型,分析了该跨层网络模型的优势,并给出一种自适应节点调制和编码的双通道水声网络跨层模型应用方案,在水池和厦门海域中进行了多节点自组织组网实验,验证了该方案的可行性,表明双通道跨层模型在水声网络设计中具有良好的应用前景。     

Differentiated cooperative multiple access for multimedia communications over fading wireless networks

The quality of service (QoS) support for multimedia communications faces a big challenge in a fading wireless network. On one hand, conventional automatic repeat request (ARQ) schemes are not effective for small-scale fading channels with correlated errors due to consecutive retransmission failures. On the other hand, large-scale fading due to propagation loss or shadowing severely limits transmission range. A novel differentiated cooperative medium access control (MAC) protocol, called DC-MAC, is proposed to enhance the QoS support for multimedia communications while supporting service differentiation based on the IEEE 802.11e architecture. By enabling cooperative ARQ, the retransmission is initiated from an appropriate transmission queue of an appropriate relay node instead of the original source. Since unnecessary and useless retransmissions may intensify the node contention and degrade the system performance contrarily, a novel negative acknowledgement feedback mechanism is introduced for loss distinguishing and channel estimation such that cooperative retransmission will be employed only when necessary and only by competent nodes. Extensive simulations are conducted on the OPNET platform to analyse the performances of DC-MAC under both small-scale and large-scale fading. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme significantly improves the performances of both multimedia applications and best-effort data applications in terms of throughput, delay and coverage with moderate user contention.