Admission control for QoS-driven wireless LANs
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-011/00
H04Q-007/24
H04L-012/28
출원번호
US-0073788
(2005-03-07)
등록번호
US-7450504
(2008-11-11)
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/ 주소
Ho,Jin Meng
Lin,Wei
출원인 / 주소
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
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초록▼
A method and a system for a quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. The PC includes a QoS management entity (QME) and an admission control entity (ACE). The QME receives at least one reservation request messa
A method and a system for a quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. The PC includes a QoS management entity (QME) and an admission control entity (ACE). The QME receives at least one reservation request message that characterizes one of a QoS session and a QoS application (session/application) that can be of a continuous/periodic flow type that is time sensitive, or can be of a discontinuous/bursty flow type that is time tolerant. The reservation request message contains at least one QoS parameter set and requests a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application. The communication channel is organized into superframes, such that each superframe includes a contention-free period (CFP) and a contention-period (CP). The reservation request message requests a predetermined bandwidth of each CFP of the communication channel in the BSS. The ACE performs macro bandwidth management for QoS traffic transport of the session/application over a medium access control (MAC) sublayer for the communication channel by determining whether to grant the reservation request based on at least one QoS parameter set associated with the session/application.
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What is claimed is: 1. A quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the PC comprising: a) a QoS management entity (QME) receiving at least one reservation request message characterizing one of a QoS session and a QoS application (session/app
What is claimed is: 1. A quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the PC comprising: a) a QoS management entity (QME) receiving at least one reservation request message characterizing one of a QoS session and a QoS application (session/application), the reservation request message containing at least one QoS parameter set and requesting a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application; and b) an admission control entity (ACE) performing macro bandwidth management for QoS traffic transport of the session/application over a medium access control (MAC) sublayer for the communication channel, the (ACE) determining whether to grant the reservation request based on: b1) at least one QoS parameter set associated with the session/application; and b2) a prior determination as to whether a traffic flow type is (i) a continuous/periodic flow type that is time sensitive or (ii) a discontinuous/bursty flow type that is time tolerant. 2. The QoS PC according to claim 1, wherein the QoS session/application is of a continuous/periodic flow type and is time sensitive. 3. The QoS PC according to claim 1, wherein the QoS session/application is of a discontinuous/bursty flow-type and is time tolerant. 4. A quality of service (QoS) point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the PC comprising: a QoS management entity (QME) receiving at least one reservation request message characterizing one of a QoS session and a QoS application (session/application), the reservation request message containing at least one QoS parameter set and requesting a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application: an admission control entity (ACE) performing macro bandwidth management for QoS traffic transport of the session/application over a medium access control (MAC) sublayer for the communication channel, the (ACE) determining whether to grant the reservation request based on at least one QoS parameter set associated with the session/application; wherein the communication channel is organized into superframes, each superframe comprising a contention-free period (CFP) and a contention-period (CP); and wherein the at least one reservation request message requests a predetermined bandwidth of each CFP of the communication channel in the BSS. 5. The QoS PC according to claim 1, further comprising a frame schedule entity (FSE) that provides the QME with a channel status information on a superframe basis, the channel status information being related to a CFP and at least one of the useable total channel bandwidth, channel bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type, and the channel bandwidth used for the discontinuous/bursty flow type. 6. The QoS PC according to claim 5, wherein the ACE admits a session/application of continuous/periodic flow type to the communication channel of the BSS when the bandwidth requested for the session/application does not exceed the bandwidth useable minus the bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type. 7. The QoS PC according to claim 5, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains a priority level; and wherein the ACE admits a session/application of discontinuous/bursty flow type to the communication channel of the BSS when the bandwidth requested for the session/application does not exceed the bandwidth useable minus the bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type, and minus the bandwidth used for the discontinuous/bursty type relating to a priority level that is higher than the priority level of the session/application requesting the bandwidth reservation. 8. The QoS PC according to claim 1, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains at least a mean data rate and a maximum data burst, the mean data rate being related to a token rate of a token bucket and the maximum data burst being related to a bucket size of the token bucket; and wherein admission control is based on a bursty behavior of the token bucket. 9. The QoS PC according to claim 1, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains at least a mean data rate; and wherein admission control is based on the mean data rate. 10. The QoS PC according to claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a wireless local area network (WLAN). 11. A method for controlling access to a communication channel in a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the method comprising steps of: a) receiving at least one reservation request message characterizing one of a Quality of Service (QoS) application and a QoS session (session/application), the reservation request message containing at least one QoS parameter set and requesting a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application; and b) performing macro bandwidth management for QoS traffic transport of the session/application over a medium access control (MAC) sublayer for the communication channel by determining whether to grant the reservation request, the determining being based on: b1) at least one QoS parameter set associated with the session/application: and b2) a prior determination as to whether a traffic flow type is (i) a continuous/periodic flow type that is time sensitive or (ii) a discontinuous/bursty flow type that is time tolerant. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the QoS session/application is of a continuous/periodic flow type and is time sensitive. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the QoS session/application is of a discontinuous/bursty flow type and is time tolerant. 14. A method for controlling access to a communication channel in a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the method comprising steps of: receiving at least one reservation request message characterizing one of a Quality of Service (QoS) application and a QoS session (session/application), the reservation request message containing at least one QoS parameter set and requesting a resource of a communication channel in the BSS for the QoS session/application; performing macro bandwidth management for QoS traffic transport of the session/application over a medium access control (MAC) sublayer for the communication channel by determining whether to grant the reservation request based on at least one QoS parameter set associated with the session/application; wherein the communication channel is organized into superframes, each superframe comprising a contention-free period (CFP) and a contention-period (CP), and wherein the at least one reservation request message requests a predetermined bandwidth of each CFP of the communication channel in the BSS. 15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising a step of generating channel status information on a superframe basis, the channel status information being related to a CFP and at least one of the useable total channel bandwidth, channel bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type, and the channel bandwidth used for the discontinuous/bursty flow type. 16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of admitting a session/application of continuous/periodic flow type to the communication channel of the BSS when the bandwidth requested for the session/application does not exceed the bandwidth useable minus the bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type. 17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains a priority level, the method further comprising a step of admitting a session/application of discontinuous/bursty flow type to the communication channel of the BSS when the bandwidth requested for the session/application does not exceed the bandwidth useable minus the bandwidth used for the continuous/periodic flow type, and minus the bandwidth used for the discontinuous/bursty type relating to a priority level that is higher than the priority level of the session/application requesting the bandwidth reservation. 18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains at least a mean data rate and a maximum data burst, the mean data rate being related to a token rate of a token bucket and the maximum data burst being related to a bucket size of the token bucket, and wherein the step of performing admission control is based on a bursty behavior of the token bucket. 19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one QoS parameter set characterizing a QoS session/application contains at least a mean data rate, and wherein the step of performing admission control is based on the mean data rate. 20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the wireless network is a wireless local area network (WLAN).
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