A QoS Provisioning Technique in a Residential Gateway using Heterogeneous Network Access Technology

We propose a packet scheduling algorithm for an efficient transmission in a residential gateway used in the home network. The packet scheduling algorithm is modeled by the hybrid method that is a QoS technique based on the parameterized QoS method and the prioritized QoS method. We applied the prioritized QoS technique to earliest deadline first scheme. We proposed a QoS parameter mapping scheme that can be used in the home network using the heterogeneous access technology. We also proposed the fairness scheme for IEEE 1394. The access technologies such as IEEE 802.11 WLAN, IEEE 1394, and Ethernet are considered for the QoS algorithm mapping scheme. Finally, we evaluate the performance of the proposed QoS provisioning technique by using the simulation. The simulation results show that the proposed schemes are a good candidate for the home network.