2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

QoS Architecture in Ad Hoc Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469556,
        author={Tor K. Moseng and \`{U}ivind Kure},
        title={QoS Architecture in Ad Hoc Networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Ad hoc networks admission control DiffServ QoS architecture},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469556}
    }
    
  • Tor K. Moseng
    Øivind Kure
    Year: 2010
    QoS Architecture in Ad Hoc Networks
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469556
Tor K. Moseng1,*, Øivind Kure1,*
  • 1: Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems∗ Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
*Contact email: torkjeti@q2s.ntnu.no, okure@unik.no

Abstract

We propose and discuss an augmented DiffServ architecture for ad hoc networks. It utilzes the concept of shadow classes and monitoring for admission control. Each DiffServ class has an associated shadow class with a higher drop probalility, but the same scheduling properties. A new flow must reside in its shadow class before it is admitted. The resulting QoS is monitored, and the new flow is not admitted if the received QoS is not satisfactory. This ensures that new flows chiefly affect lower priority flows. Through simulations with three classes, EF, AF and BE, we find the QoS architecture’s performance in terms of loss and delay. The real-time traffic in the EF class shows good and stable performance independent of the load. The AF class gets a constant throughput, while the BE class utilizes the available resources and maximizes its throughput.