A new approach to the design of MAC protocols for wireless LANs: combining QoS guarantee with power saving

Author

Lagkas, T.D. ; Papadimitriou, G.L. ; Nicopolitidis, P. ; Pomportsis, A.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Informatics, Aristotelian Univ., Thessaloniki

Volume

10

Issue

7

fYear

2006

fDate

7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

537

Lastpage

539

Abstract

An alternative WLAN protocol which could be adapted in the HCF access scheme defined by IEEE 802.11e, in place of the HCCA mechanism, is introduced. LEPOAC-QG (low energy priority oriented adaptive control with QoS guarantee) is a centralized access mechanism that supports low energy consumption, guarantees QoS for all types of multimedia network applications, enhances the parameterized traffic with priorities, and supports time division access. It instantly negotiates the quality levels of the traffic streams trying to support multiple streams with best possible quality. LEPOAC-QG, compared with HCCA, exhibits generally superior performance.

Keywords

adaptive control; broadband networks; media streaming; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; wireless LAN; wireless channels; HCCA mechanism; HCF; IEEE 802.11e; LEPOAC-QG; MAC protocol; QoS guarantee; WLAN protocol; centralized access mechanism; hybrid control channel access; hybrid coordination function; low energy priority oriented adaptive control; multimedia network; power saving; quality of service; traffic stream; wireless local area network; Access protocols; Adaptive control; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Energy consumption; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Streaming media; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOM.2006.224412

Filename

1673005