Evaluation of priority and scheduling schemes for an IEEE 802.14 MAC protocol loaded by real traffic

Author

Ivanovich, Milosh V. ; Zukerman, Moshe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Mar-2 Apr 1998

Firstpage

1384

Abstract

We study a new scheme for provision of priorities within the framework of a MAC protocol which is a potential candidate of the (as yet unpublished) IEEE 802.14 standard. A comprehensive simulation study, based on real traffic traces, shows that this new method provides better protection for the high priority traffic than an earlier proposed scheme. Except for physical and MAC layer overheads, the scheme exhibits comparable behaviour to that of an ideal multiplexer, for traces with very diverse correlation structures. The significance of using realistic (correlated) traffic streams for modelling purposes is demonstrated and discussed

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; scheduling; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; IEEE 802.14 MAC protocol; IEEE 802.14 standard; correlated traffic streams; diverse correlation structures; priority; real traffic; scheduling scheme; simulation study; Access protocols; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Media Access Protocol; Multiplexing; Quality of service; Road accidents; Scheduling algorithm; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '98. Seventeenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4383-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1998.662955

Filename

662955