DocumentCode
33098
Title
Fair Virtualization of 802.11 Networks
Author
Checco, Alessandro ; Leith, Douglas J.
Author_Institution
Hamilton Inst., NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Volume
23
Issue
1
fYear
2015
fDate
Feb. 2015
Firstpage
148
Lastpage
160
Abstract
We consider virtualization of network capacity in 802.11 WLANs and mesh networks. We show that allocating total airtime slices to ISPs is analogous to allocating a fraction of available time-slots in TDMA. We establish that the max-min fair flow rate allocation within an ISP airtime slice can be characterized independently of the rate allocation policy employed in other slices. Building on these observations, we present a lightweight, distributed algorithm for allocating airtime slices among ISP and max-min fair flow rates within each slice.
Keywords
distributed algorithms; time division multiple access; virtualisation; wireless LAN; wireless mesh networks; 802.11 WLAN; 802.11 mesh networks; ISP airtime slice; TDMA; distributed algorithm; fair virtualization; max-min fair flow rate allocation; rate allocation policy; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Resource management; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Vectors; Virtualization; Wireless LAN; Adaptive algorithms; communication system traffic control; wireless mesh networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1063-6692
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNET.2013.2293501
Filename
6689352
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