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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.10.317

A TXOP Sharing Scheme for QoS Strategy of IEEE 802.11ac DL MU-MIMO MAC  

Lee, Ji-Young (Dept. of Advanced Engineering, Graduate School, Kyungnam University)
Seok, Seung-Joon (Dept. of Computer Engineering, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.10, 2014 , pp. 317-327 More about this Journal
Abstract
To improve the efficiency of wireless channel, IEEE 802.11ac uses the DL MU-MIMO MAC scheme through which an AP transmits multiple frames to different mobile nodes simultaneously. IEEE 802.11ac DL MU-MIMO MAC needs a new step, called as TXOP sharing, between legacy IEEE 802.11n DL SU-MIMO's two operations, the obtaining an EDCA TXOP and the transmitting multiple frames for EDCA TXOP. In the TXOP sharing operation, both wireless channel destinations and frames transmitted for its TXOP period should are determined. So this paper deals with the TXOP sharing for improving IEEE 802.11ac MAC performance. However, the EDCA priority based method mentioned by IEEE 802.11ac standard document not fair among the buffers and the frames of buffers, and occurs in high_loss rate and high_delay about specific buffers. In this paper, we propose a new scheme of the TXOP sharing with sequencing p-AC, s-AC in similar properties, and all S-AC. This method provides a differentiated service without damage of EDCA characteristics.
Keywords
IEEE 802.11ac; TXOP Sharing; DL MU-MIMO; Quality of Service; Highspeed WLAN;
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