2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Research Article

A distributed simulator coordination platform and its application for integrating an IEEE 802.11 effective capacity-based admission control algorithm

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5598,
        author={Emmanouil  Kafetzakis and Kimon  Kontovasilis and Lambros  Sarakis},
        title={A distributed simulator coordination platform and its application for integrating an IEEE 802.11 effective capacity-based admission control algorithm},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Distributed Virtual Testbed Event-based middleware Admission control IEEE 802.11 QoS Effective Capacity},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5598}
    }
    
  • Emmanouil Kafetzakis
    Kimon Kontovasilis
    Lambros Sarakis
    Year: 2010
    A distributed simulator coordination platform and its application for integrating an IEEE 802.11 effective capacity-based admission control algorithm
    SIMUTOOLS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5598
Emmanouil Kafetzakis1,*, Kimon Kontovasilis1,*, Lambros Sarakis1,*
  • 1: Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, NCSR “Demokritos”, Ag. Paraskevi, Greece.
*Contact email: mkafetz@iit.demokritos.gr, kkont@iit.demokritos.gr, sarakis@iit.demokritos.gr

Abstract

Efficient coordination and management of radio resources in heterogeneous wireless networks is a key requirement for the realization of the Beyond 3G vision. In this context, radio resource optimization algorithms as well as infrastructures that allow for their performance evaluation are of great value. Towards these directions, the goal of the paper is twofold: first to present a testbed that enables integration of geographically distributed modules simulating different radio access technologies with independent realizations of inter-system optimization functions, and second to present the integration of an algorithm for admission control in IEEE 802.11 networks into the described platform. The algorithm, which is based on the notion of Effective Capacity and provides statistical overflow probability-related QoS guarantees, is validated using both a simulator in a stand-alone fashion and a simulator attached to the presented testbed. The integration of the algorithm on the testbed validates the testbed's capability to serve as a facility for optimization studies in simulated composite radio networks.