Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Communication engineering and systems
Abstract
In this paper we experimentally study the impact of two EDCA parameters, namely AIFSN and CWmin, on a mixed voice/data wireless transmission. In particular we investigate how the tuning of these parameters affects both the voice transmission quality and background data throughput. We predict end-to-end voice transmission quality from time varying transmission impairments using the latest Appendix to the ITU-T E-model. Our experimental results show that the tuning of the EDCA parameters can be used to successfully prioritize voice transmission over data in real 802.11e networks. We also demonstrate that the AIFSN parameter more effectively protects voice calls against background data traffic than CWmin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first experimental investigation on tuning of MAC layer parameters in a real 802.11e WLAN network from the perspective of end-to-end voice transmission quality and end user satisfaction.
Recommended Citation
Narbutt, M., Davis, M.:Experimental Tuning of AIFSN and CWmin Parameters to Prioritize Voice over Data Transmission in 802.11e WLAN Networks.Proceedings of the 2007 International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 12-16 August, 2007.
Funder
Science Foundation Ireland (Grant 03/IN3/I396)
Publication Details
Proceedings of the 2007 International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), 12-16 August 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.