Wireless Local Area Networks Quality of Service: An Engineering Perspective

Acronyms.

Chapter 1 Quality of Service Mechanisms and Metrics.
Traffic Management Mechanisms.
Traffic Conditioning.
The Metering Function.
Marker.
Dropper.
Shaper.
Admission Control.
Nodal Mechanisms.
Transmission Scheduler.
Feedback Congestion Management.
Performance Metrics.
Throughput.
Delay.
Packet Loss.
Simple Queueing Models.
MM1 Queueing System.
MG1 Queueing System.

Chapter 2 QoS Architectures.
Reservation Model.
Reservation Model Example.
Service Types.
Differentiation Model.
Differentiating Model Examples.
IEEE Standard 802.1Q Ethernet Frame Priority.

Chapter 3 IEEE Standard 802.11 Overview.
IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Frame format.
IEEE 802.11 PHY Overview.
IEEE 802.11a PHY.
IEEE 802.11b PHY.
The IEEE 802.11g PHY Overview.
The IEEE 802.11 MAC Overview.
Distributed Coordination Function (DCF).
Point Coordination Function (PCF).
Power Management.
IEEE 802.11 Throughput.
IEEE 802.11 Frame Types.
A Queueing Model for PCF Performance.

Chapter 4 IEEE 802.11 QoS Features.
IEEE 802.11e MAC Overview.
Data Frame Format.
Association to QoS BSS.
EDCA Operation.
HCCA Operation.
Admission Control.
EDCA Admission Control.
HCCA Admission Control.
Direct Link Setup.
Block Acknowledgment (BA).
Power Management Using APSD.
WiFi Multimedia (WMM) Specification.
IEEE 802.11n (High Throughput) MAC Features.
A Simple Engineering Example.

Chapter 5 Interworking with WLAN QoS.
Common WLAN Deployment Scenario.
WLAN QoS Interworking with Ethernet.
WLAN QoS Interworking with IP Networks.

Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks.

Bibliography.

Index.