An analytical QoS model for IEEE 802.11-based single and multihop wireless networks

Author

Pourmohammad, Sajjad ; Soosahabi, Reza ; Perkins, D. ; Fekih, Afef

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Comput. Studies, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

3-6 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

914

Lastpage

920

Abstract

In this paper, a cross-layer analytical model is proposed to estimate Quality of Service (QoS) metrics such as delay, throughput and jitter in multi-hop wireless adhoc networks operating on IEEE 802.11-based MAC with CSMA/CA. The proposed model is useful for both evaluating quality of service or designing more efficient model-based control and management schemes. The model is developed in queuing theory paradigm which well investigates the stochastic behavior of data transmission in wireless adhoc networks. Unlike the existing works in literature, network layer processing time and advanced queue management schemes are included in the modeling process. Accuracy of the model is verified for both single and multi-hop scenarios by packet-level event-based simulations.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; carrier sense multiple access; delays; jitter; packet radio networks; quality of service; queueing theory; simulation; stochastic processes; wireless LAN; CSMA-CA; IEEE 802.11-based multihop wireless networks; IEEE 802.11-based single networks; MAC; analytical QoS model; data transmission; multihop wireless ad hoc networks; network layer processing time; packet-level event-based simulations; quality of service estimation; queue management schemes; queuing theory; Computational modeling; Delays; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Jitter; Markov processes; Quality of service; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCNC.2014.6785459

Filename

6785459