Transcript ppt

How to meet QoS requirements for
video applications over IEEE 802.11
wireless LANs
Project by Jeonghun Noh and Frederic Sarrat
May 31, 03
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Outline
•
Motivation : A technical challenge
– Video Service
– IEEE 802.11 WLANs
•
Previous Solutions
– Efforts at each layer of network systems
– Limitation of previous solutions
•
Proposed System
– QoS definition over a wireless link
– Preliminary Analysis : decision making
– Operations of the system
•
Concluding remark & future work
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Motivation : A Technical Challenge
INTERNET
• Video Applications
– high bitrate
– Low latency
– Bi-directionnal
– Sensitive to bursty errors
– Error propagation
• Wireless LAN
– Limited bandwidth
– Bursty errors
– Time-varying channel
– Shared medium
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Previous Solutions
• Breaking the work into smaller pieces
– Efforts at each layer of network systems
– Limitation of previous solutions
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Application Layer
Frame
reordering
Reference
Picture
Selection
Adaptive
coding
Layered
coding
Multiple
Description
Feedback
needed
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Decoding delay
Yes
No
No
No
No
Redundancy
controlled by
Encoding
parameters
Encoding
parameters
Error rates
Encoding
Parameters
Improvement on
bandwidth
Improvement on
delay
No
Reduced
Adapted
Encoding
parameters,
number of
layers
Adapted
Maximum
delay
reduced
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Suitable for
multicast
Error robustness
No
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Network Layer
• QoS Support at Network Layer
– Ad hoc mode in IEEE 802.11 standard
– Mesh network between STAs
• Requirements for QoS Support
– Bandwidth reservation
– QoS Routing
– Congestion Control
• Potentials & Limitations
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
MAC layer(I): IEEE 802.11
• Media Access Scheme : CSMA/CA
– Avoidance by RTS/CTS
– ACK mechanism
– Exponential Backoff
• MAC protocol : DCF(CP) / PCF(CFP)
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
MAC Layer(II): IEEE 802.11e for QoS
Enhancing efficiency of medium
• Extension of 802.11 to support QoS
– Polling by HCF / Packet Bursting
• EDCF
– Enhanced DCF. Supports statistical QoS
• HCF
– Hybrid Mode. Supports QoS guarantee
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
MAC Layer(III): Retransmission
• ARQ(Automatic Repeat Request)
– Stop & Wait
– Go back N
– Selective Repeat
• Problems
– Error-free retransmisson
– No delay bound under bad link
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Physical Layer(I)
• FEC(Forward Error Correction)
– Robust channel coding
– Requires extra bandwidth
for added codes
– Avoids retransmissions
– Weak against
bursty errors
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Physical Layer(II)
– Adaptive Modulation
• Symbol rate /
modulation level
– Strong against bursty
errors
– Strong against fast fading
channel
– Precise channel estimation
– SNR feedback loop
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Limitations
• Suboptimal solutions
– Optimal in a restricted manner
– Could do better
• Rigid QoS requirements
– Hard to solve problems
• End-to-end feedback
– Resource fluctuation due to wireless medium
– Delay for adaptation.
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
New System architecture
• Motivation
– Limitation of layer specific techniques
– New QoS concepts over wireless links
– network congestion vs. wireless link deterioration
• New System proposed
– Preliminary Analysis : decision making
– proposed System architecture
– Operations of the system
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
New QoS Concepts Required
• Bandwidth Utility
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
User's 0.6
0.5
utility 0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
User A
• Delay Distribution
– Depends on MAC,
retransmission method
– Has long tails
User B
• Statistical QoS support
– Loss toleration & rigid
delay bound
64 kb/s
128
kb/s
256
kb/s
512
kb/s
1024
kb/s
Possible video data rates
• Soft QoS concept
– Loss differentiation
– Bandwidth range
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Preliminary Analysis
• Diffserv/Intserv
– Wireline part
– packet differentiation over wireless links
• end-to-end / Local
– Adaptation vs. Localization at wireless part
• Distributed / Centralized
– Independent adaptation at each layer vs.
– Centralized control
• New architecture / modification
– Compensation between performance and realization
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Proposed System architecture
WLAN
Access Point
Sender
Application
Application
QoS
Layer
Layer
requirements
RTP/UDP
RTP/UDP
IP
LLC Layer
IP
Ethernet
LLC Layer
MAC Layer
MAC Layer
Physical
Layer
Physical
Layer
Receiver
Application
Layer
RTP/UDP
- Type of traffic
- Packet lifetime
- QoS
requirements
Central
Control
Unit
IP
802.11e
LLC Layer
MAC Layer
- State of
Link
SNR
Physical
Layer
Video Transmission
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
The Central Control Unit
Packet
CCU
Packet
- Data
type
- Lifetime
PER
Packet
Scheduler /
Dropper
QoS
require
-ments
for
each
flow
Prioritized
Queues
Packet
transmission
parameters
derivation
DROP
If NACK
TRANSMISSION
Parameters :
- Amount of redundancy
- Priority
- Modulation scheme
- Routing
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Optimization (I)


max   U i Bi 
 i N

•
•
•
where
 Bi  B
i N
- Bi is the bandwidth affected
to user i.
- B is the total bandwidth
currently available on the
channel (on average, calculated
using the SNR estimate)
- Ui(Bi) is the utility that user i
associates with bandwidth Bi.
- N is the number of users
1

Pr iority  TypePk     PLi  Ti  lifetimePk 
2

• - i is the priority associated with
each queue (8 total).
• - Pk is the current packet
• - Li is the length of the queue (time
to arrive in front)
• - Ti is the average transmission
time when it is served (including
possible retransmissions)
• - P() is the probability of the event
in parenthesis.
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Optimization (II)
• Fairness
Delay
bound
(large)
• Efficient utilization of the
bandwidth
No FEC + ARQ
+ high rate
modulation
No FEC + low
rate modulation
(Small)
light FEC + high
rate modulation
Drop the packet
low
high
• Uses adaptive QoS
• end-to-end feedback
– Limit of local effort
Channel condition
– Based on channel state
(PER)
– Application specific/RTCP
CCU decision for low priority packets
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun
Conclusion & Future work
• Wireless Video is challenging
• Analysis of QoS support techniques at each level
• New definition of QoS over wireless link
• New system for application specific wireless LAN
• Future work
– Optimal combination of input signals
– Unicast to multicast
– QoS support vs fairness
– Many potential research & implementations
How to meet QoS requirements for video applications over IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
EE384B project presentation
Sarrat, Frederic – Noh, Jeonghun