Title :
Implementing QoS Support in a Wireless Home Network
Author :
Laulajainen, Jukka-Pekka
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Oulu
fDate :
March 31 2008-April 3 2008
Abstract :
Currently used wireless local area networks (WLAN) do not inherently support Quality of Service (QoS). Neither are there good solutions for mapping the application requirements to medium access control layer QoS mechanisms available. This paper addresses the QoS issues of converged home networks. We review the currently available QoS mechanisms for WLAN QoS and the UPnP QoS architecture for easy QoS configuration and present our work-in-progress toward a complete solution for providing QoS in home environment. Our focus is on a novel distributed gaming system, but the proposed solution can be used to support any other QoS-demanding application.
Keywords :
access protocols; home computing; quality of service; wireless LAN; UPnP QoS architecture; distributed gaming system; medium access control layer; quality of service; universal plug and play; wireless home network; wireless local area network; Cable TV; Communications Society; Home automation; IP networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Quality of service; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2008. WCNC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1997-5
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2008.571
