Date of Award
5-2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Legacy Department
Computer Science
Committee Chair/Advisor
Martin, James
Committee Member
Westall , James M
Committee Member
Madison , Alan W
Abstract
A common form of local wireless communication is defined by the IEEE as 802.11. Unfortunately, 802.11 has limitations regarding high priority traffic such as voice and data which are sensitive to jitter, delay, and loss. The IEEE 802.11e standard provides enhancements that allow traffic with specific needs to be differentiated from normal traffic. While these enhancements have been shown to effectively improve latency and throughput for high priority traffic, they do not offer precise and consistent control of performance levels for all priorities. In this work, a method to dynamically optimize 802.11e contention parameters is presented that provides more granular control over the network's quality of service for the various data types. A distributed adaptive algorithm that extends 802.11e's Enhanced Distributed Channel Access is presented and is shown to provide more granular and consistent performance than that provided by the static algorithm used in standard 802.11e.
Recommended Citation
Spearman, Will, "An Adaptive Algorithm for Prioritization in 802.11e Wirelss Networks" (2008). All Theses. 341.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/341