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Throughput and QoS optimization for EDCA-based IEEE 802.11 WLANs

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The enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mechanism has been adopted by both the IEEE 802.11e standard and the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA) for quality of service (QoS) provisioning in high speed wireless LANs and UWB-based wireless PANs. Based on an analytical model of EDCA, this paper presents an optimal solution to providing maximum system throughput while maintaining the service differentiation among traffic classes. Contention window sizes are adapted to achieve throughput optimization according to the throughput ratio and number of active stations of each traffic class. To overcome the difficulty of accurate estimation of the number of competing stations we propose to use the method of subrange partitioning. An admission control scheme is also discussed. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed MAC optimization framework.

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Fan, Z. Throughput and QoS optimization for EDCA-based IEEE 802.11 WLANs. Wireless Pers Commun 43, 1279–1290 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-007-9301-4

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