TY - JOUR
T1 - TCP-based window-size delegation method for TXOP Exchange in wireless local area networks
AU - Nishio, Takayuki
AU - Shinkuma, Ryoichi
AU - Takahashi, Tatsuro
AU - Hasegawa, Go
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported in part by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, under Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research on New-generation Network.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Nishio et al; licensee Springer.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - We propose a TCP window-size delegation method for downlink TXOP (transmission opportunity) Exchange in wireless local area networks (WLANs). In our method, the 'compliant' stations (STAs) cooperatively use their available bandwidth in accordance with their throughput demand. We realize our method only with minimal modifications of the TCP functions of a proxy server, which lets one station (the TXOP provider) delegate TCP window size to another station (the TXOP client) so that the provider delegates its TXOPs in WLANs to the client. Our method enables an STA to flexibly delegate TXOPs to another STA without adversely affecting the legacy STAs, which is confirmed by computer simulations. We also confirmed that our method requires no modification to legacy access points and STAs.
AB - We propose a TCP window-size delegation method for downlink TXOP (transmission opportunity) Exchange in wireless local area networks (WLANs). In our method, the 'compliant' stations (STAs) cooperatively use their available bandwidth in accordance with their throughput demand. We realize our method only with minimal modifications of the TCP functions of a proxy server, which lets one station (the TXOP provider) delegate TCP window size to another station (the TXOP client) so that the provider delegates its TXOPs in WLANs to the client. Our method enables an STA to flexibly delegate TXOPs to another STA without adversely affecting the legacy STAs, which is confirmed by computer simulations. We also confirmed that our method requires no modification to legacy access points and STAs.
KW - Bandwidth delegation
KW - TCP window size
KW - TXOP Exchange
KW - Wireless local area networks
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U2 - 10.1186/1687-1499-2011-58
DO - 10.1186/1687-1499-2011-58
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964241043
SN - 1687-1472
VL - 2011
JO - Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
JF - Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
IS - 1
M1 - 58
ER -