| Title: | Service differentiation in multihop wireless packet networks |
| Author: | |
| Document Type: | Thesis |
| Department: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Degree: | Master of Science |
| Major: | Electrical Engineering |
| Advisory Committee: |
Papavassiliou, Symeon
Ott, Teunis J.
Niver, Edip
Zakrevski, Lev A.
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| Thesis Date: | 2003, August |
| Keywords: |
Multihop wireless packet networks
Link layer scheduling
MAC layer prioritization
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| Availability: | Unrestricted |
| Abstract: |
This work explores the potential of link layer scheduling combined with MAC layer prioritization for providing service differentiation in multihop wireless packet networks. As a result of limited power, multihop characteristic and mobility, packet loss ratio in wireless ad hoc networks tends to be high compared to wireline and one-hop mobile data networks. Therefore, for wireless ad hoc networks, DiffServ-like distributed service differentiation schemes are more viable than hard QoS solutions, which are mainly designed for wireline networks. The choice and implementation of proper queuing and scheduling methods, which determine how packets will use the channel when bandwidth becomes available, contributes significantly to this differentiation. Due to the broadcast nature of wireless communication, media access is one of the main resources that needs to be shared among different flows. Thus, one can design and implement algorithms also at MAC level for service differentiation. In this study, in addition to the scheduling discipline, IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function is used to increase the media access probability of a specific class of traffic. It is shown that the service requirements of a class can be better met using this two level approach compared to the cases where either of these schemes used alone. |
| Complete Thesis: | njit-etd2003-097 (44 pages ~ 2,647 KB pdf) |
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Created June 22, 2004
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