Title :
Inter-MAC forwarding and load balancing per flow
Author :
Sahaly, Sinda ; Christin, Philippe
Author_Institution :
R&D Div., TELECOM Bretagne, Cesson-Sevigne, France
Abstract :
High rate and high quality of service as well as multi-technology connections are the key words for the future home networks. For this goal, we introduce a new convergence layer denoted inter-MAC, which provides a common infrastructure to the home network at layer 2. Among the inter-MAC functionalities, we focused our interest on the path selection mechanism. To improve quality of service, we define a multi-path protocol based on two quality of service metrics. Besides, we define a load balancing per flow mechanism to gain robustness against degradation of quality of service.
Keywords :
access protocols; quality of service; radiocommunication; resource allocation; convergence layer; home networks; interMAC forwarding; load balancing; multipath protocol; path selection mechanism; quality of service; Convergence; Degradation; Engines; Home automation; Load management; Protocols; Quality of service; Research and development; Technology management; Throughput; Home network; convergence layer; heterogeneous network; path selection; quality of service;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2009 IEEE 20th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5122-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5123-4
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5449933
