A Cross-Layer based Video Transmission Scheme using Efficient Bandwidth Estimation in IEEE 802.11e EDCA

IEEE 802.11e EDCA에서 효율적인 대역폭 측정을 통한 Cross-Layer 기반의 비디오 전송 기법

  • 신필규 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과) ;
  • 이선헌 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과) ;
  • 정광수 (광운대학교 전자통신공학과)
  • Published : 2008.06.15

Abstract

Promoting quality of streaming service in wireless networks has attracted intensive research over the years. Instable wireless channel condition causes high transmission delay and packet loss, due to fading and interference. Therefore, they lead to degrade quality of video streaming service. The IEEE 802.11 Working Group is currently working on a new standard called IEEE 802.11e to support quality of service in WLANs. And several schemes were proposed in order to guarantee QoS. However, they are not adaptable to network condition. Accordingly, they suffered video quality degradation, due to buffer overflow or packet loss. In this paper, to promote quality of video streaming service in WLANs, we propose a cross-layer architecture based on IEEE 802.11e EDCA model. Our cross-layer architecture provides differentiated transmission mechanism of IEEE 802.11e EDCA based on priority of MPEG-4 video frames and adaptively controls the transmission rate by dropping video frames through the efficient bandwidth estimation based on distinction of each AC. Through the simulation, proposed scheme is shown to be able to improve end-to-end qualify for video streaming service in WLANs.

최근 무선 환경에서 스트리밍 서비스의 서비스 품질을 향상시키기 위한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 무선 환경의 채널상태 불안정은 높은 전송 지연과 손실을 발생시키게 되고, 결과적으로 사용자 측면에서의 서비스 품질을 저하시키는 문제점을 가진다. 이러한 무선 환경에서의 서비스 품질을 향상시키기 위해 IEEE 802.11 Working Group에서는 IEEE 802.11e를 제안하였고, 이를 기반으로 하는 여러 기법들이 제안되었지만 네트워크 상태에 적응적이지 못한 기존 연구들은 전송큐의 오버플로우와 데이타 손실이 발생하여 전송하는 영상의 품질을 저하시키게 된다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11e EDCA(Enhanced Distributed Channel Access) 모델을 기반으로 무선 환경에서의 멀티미디어 스트리밍 서비스 품질의 향상을 위한 기법을 제안하였다. 제안한 기법은 MPEG-4 영상의 각 프레임의 중요도에 따라 차별적으로 IEEE 802.11e EDCA 모델의 전송 방식을 적용하고, 수신측의 AC(Access Category)를 고려한 효율적인 대역폭 측정을 기반으로 한 송신측의 프레임 폐기를 통해 현재 네트워크 상태에 적응적인 전송율 조절을 한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안한 기법이 무선 환경의 스트리밍 서비스의 종단간 서비스 품질을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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