Traffic estimation for centralized resource allocation in meshed High Data Rate WPANs

S. A. Mahmud*, S. Khan, M. Haseeb Zafar, H. S. Al-Raweshidy

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Abstract

High Data Rate (HDR) Meshed Wireless Personal Area Networks (MWPANs) primarily use TDMA as the medium access mechanism. The Mesh Piconet Coordinators (MPNCs) need to reserve channel time slots for inter cluster and intra cluster communication in a superframe shared by MPNCs in the transmission vicinity of each other. In case of distributed channel reservation schemes for single flows, the issues of increased control traffic overhead and channel reservation conflicts can arise. To realize the possibility of using a centralized channel reservation scheme for the MPNCs to reserve channel time in bulk (more than one flow) for its current queued traffic as well as expected inter cluster and intra cluster flows, the need of using traffic estimation schemes becomes mandatory. A traffic estimation scheme based on the Matrix Balancing (MB) problem has therefore been proposed for the MPNCs to predict their total cluster traffic requirements. Simulation results are provided that prove the superiority of the proposed approach when compared with simple mean based estimations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event11th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2012 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 18 Apr 201220 Apr 2012

Publication series

NameWireless Telecommunications Symposium
ISSN (Print)1934-5070

Conference

Conference11th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period18/04/1220/04/12

Keywords

  • Traffic Estimation
  • Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Wireless Personal Area Networks

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