Resource Control for the EDCA and HCCA Mechanisms in IEEE 802.11e Networks

Vasilios A.  Siris; Costas Courcoubetis

4th International ICST Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks

Research Article

Resource Control for the EDCA and HCCA Mechanisms in IEEE 802.11e Networks

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    author={Vasilios A.  Siris and Costas Courcoubetis},
    title={Resource Control for the EDCA and HCCA Mechanisms in IEEE 802.11e Networks},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={WIOPT},
    year={2006},
    month={8},
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    doi={10.1109/WIOPT.2006.1666469}
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Vasilios A. Siris
Costas Courcoubetis
Year: 2006
Resource Control for the EDCA and HCCA Mechanisms in IEEE 802.11e Networks
WIOPT
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WIOPT.2006.1666469

Vasilios A. Siris¹^,*, Costas Courcoubetis^2,3^,*

1: Institute of Computer Science, FORTH and Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, P. O. Box 1385, GR 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2: Department of Informatics Athens University of Economics and Business
3: 47A Evelpidon & 33 Lefkados, GR 113 62, Athens, Greece

*Contact email: vsiris@ics.forth.gr, courcou@aueb.gr

Abstract

We investigate the problem of efficient resource control for elastic traffic over the EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access) and HCCA (Hybrid Coordination Function - HCF - Controlled Channel Access) mechanisms of IEEE 802.11e. Our approach considers an economic modelling framework based on congestion pricing that captures how various factors, such as the probability of attempting to transmit a frame, the transmission opportunity (TXOP), and the physical layer transmission rate, contribute to congestion. Additionally, we consider the joint control of the EDCA and HCCA mechanisms, which allows us to determine the optimal sharing of the wireless channel between the two access mechanisms.

Published: 2006-08-07
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WIOPT.2006.1666469