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Ieee 802.11E Qos For Wireless Lan

The document discusses IEEE 802.11e QoS for wireless LAN networks. It provides an overview of the 802.11 MAC layer and limitations of current DCF and PCF methods in providing QoS. The 802.11e standard aims to enhance QoS support through new mechanisms like EDCF and HCF. Several research topics are identified around validating 802.11e performance and relationships between traffic parameters and QoS. Simulation tools like ns2 and OPNET are recommended for further research.

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Ieee 802.11E Qos For Wireless Lan

The document discusses IEEE 802.11e QoS for wireless LAN networks. It provides an overview of the 802.11 MAC layer and limitations of current DCF and PCF methods in providing QoS. The 802.11e standard aims to enhance QoS support through new mechanisms like EDCF and HCF. Several research topics are identified around validating 802.11e performance and relationships between traffic parameters and QoS. Simulation tools like ns2 and OPNET are recommended for further research.

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IEEE 802.

11e QoS for Wireless LAN:


A Research Direction

James Yu
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IEEE 802.11 MAC Layer


Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)
Different from CAMA/CD (802.3) STA cannot hear the collision signal as in the

wired world.

Two access methods:


Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) Point Coordination Function (PCF) - optional
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CSMA/CA

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Backoff Time
Backoff Time = Random() SlotTime where Random( ) = [0, CW] CWmin CW CWmax. SlotTime = The value of the corresponding PHY characteristic. CWnew = (CWold + 1) PF 1 (where PF=2)
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Frame Bursting

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Point Coordination Function (PCF)


Optional and implemented on top of DCF A single AP controls access to the media, and a Point Coordinator (PC) Agent resides in the AP. AP polls each station for data, and after a given time interval moves to the next station.
Guaranteed maximum latency

No stations are allowed to transmit unless it is pooled. AP could have a priority scheme for stations. PCF is useful for time-sensitive applications.
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PCF

NAV: network allocation vector


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QoS Limitations of 802.11


DCF (Distributed Coordination Function)
Only support best-effort services No guarantee in bandwidth, packet delay and jitter Throughput degradation in the heavy load

PCF (Point Coordination Function)


Inefficient central polling scheme Unpredictable beacon frame delay due to incompatible

cooperation between CP and CFP modes Transmission time of the polled stations is unknown
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Overview of 802.11e
Formed in Sep. 1999. The QoS baseline document was approved in November 2000. The first draft was available in late 2001. Aim to support both IntServ and DiffServ The new standard is still in debate and unstable Wireless Multimedia Enhancement (WME)
Subset of 802.11e to be implemented by the industry

New QoS mechanisms


EDCF (Enhanced DCF) HCF (Hybrid Coordination Function)

Backwardly compatible with the DCF and PCF


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QoS level in 802.11e


Priority 1 2 0 3 4 5 6 7 Access Category 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 Designation Best Effort Best Effort Best Effort Video Probe Video Video Voice Voice

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QoS classes in 802.11e


Implement 8 different traffic classes

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EDCF (Enhanced DCF)


Enhanced DCF Also support bursting Different parameters for different TC/AC Replace DIFS with AIFS (AIFS>DIFS) which is shorter for audio and video traffic.
Audio = Video < Data

CWmin and CWmax


Audio < Video < Data

Different Persistence Factor (PF)


AIFS: Arbitration Inter Frame Space
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EDCF (Cont.)

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Typical QoS Parameters


AC 0 1 2 3 CWmin CWmin CWmin (CWmin+1)/2 1 (CWmin+1)/4-1 CWmax CWmax CWmax CWmin (CWmin+1)/2-1 AIFS 2 1 1 1

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HCF (Hybrid CF)


Provides policing and deterministic channel access by controlling the channel through the HC (Hybrid Coordinator) Operate in CFP and CP

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HCF (Cont.)
Detecting the channel as being idle for PIFS, shorter than DIFS, gives the HC high priority over EDCF HCF model can provide Guaranteed Services with a much higher probability than pure EDCF A signaling protocol can be used to facilitate admission control and specify service rate requirement

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Research Topics
Does 802.11e really work?

How do you validate the protocol? measurements: throughput, delay, jitter Is EDCF really better than DCF? Is HCF better than EDCF?

Support and interoperability with upper layer Relationship between traffic parameters and performance Does incoming traffic pattern makes any difference? uniform, Poisson, bursting, etc. Scheduling policy
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Simulation Tools
ns2 [2], [3], [4], [5] OPNET [1]

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Selfish Wireless Station [6]


A wireless station can take advantage of the 802.11e scheme and arbitrarily set its traffic parameters to the highest priority (small AIFS, small backoff contention window, etc.) Not addressed in the standard possible solution: traffic parameters are set by the HC, instead of by individual stations.
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Enhancement to 802.11e [4]


WSTA piggybacks control information (More Data) to HC to indicate whether it needs to be pooled. The WSTA is pooled in CFP. No need for a QoS scheme in CP.

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Wireless Redundancy Scheme [7]


The QoS Scheme could be extended to support Redundant APs The primary AP functions in the contention period (CP) using DCF. The secondary AP functions in the contention free period (CFP) using PCF. Primary AP and Secondary AP coordinate with each other via wired link.
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References
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. D. Gu and J. Zhang. QoS enhancement in IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, June 2003, pp. 120-124. Priyank Garg, et. al. Achieving Higher Throughput and QoS in 802.11 Wireless LANs, IPCCC03, http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/software/802.11e/ S. Mangold, et. al. IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN for Quality of Service , http://www.comnets.rwthaachen.de/publications/Abstracts/MangoldChoi_EW02.html A. Velayutham and J. M. Chang, An Enhanced Alternative to the IEEE 802.11e MAC Scheme, http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~vel/research/E802.11.pdf S. Choi, et. al. IEEE 802.11e Contention-Based Channel Access (EDCF) Performance Evaluation, ICC03 http://path.berkeley.edu/dsrc/reading/03ICC-EDCF.pdf P. Kyasanur and N. Vaidya, Detection and Handling of MAC Layer Misbehavior in Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, June 2003, pp. 173182. D. Chen, et. al. Dependability Enhancement for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN with Redundancy Techniques, Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, June 2003, pp. 521528.
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DCF Backoff Procedure

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