A strategy for differentiated access service selection based on application in WLANs

Zhikui Chen, Qianzi Xiong, Yang Liu, Chongming Huang

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Abstract

The service quality of a station in IEEE 802.11 wLAN (wireless Local Area Networks) is strongly influenced by which access point it associates with. Therefore, a key challenge is how to select an appropriate access point from multiple available ones. Conventional association protocols have been proved to be not effective. In this paper a strategy for differentiated access service selection based on users' running application is presented. The goals of the proposed strategy are: to select and dynamically reselect access point based on user's actual QoS requirements on bandwidth and delay leading to differentiated service quality provision; and to redistribute network load across access points. The effectiveness of our strategy is evaluated through simulation study, confirming better performance compared with conventional ways.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages317-322
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479930883
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2014 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 2014 Apr 272014 May 2

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Other

Other2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period14-04-2714-05-02

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Computer Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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