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A generic adaptation layer for differentiated services and improved performance in wireless networks
This paper focuses on the integration of Internet and Wireless LANs
(WLANs) and proposes a novel technique that supports seamless and
efficient integration. This technique is based on a generic adaptation
layer, referred to as Wireless Adaptation Layer (WAL), which is
introduced between the IP layer and the WLAN Link Layer. WAL is designed
to (i) dynamically cope with the wireless channel impairments, (ii)
provide QoS interworking between the IP infrastructure and the WLAN and
(iii) be independent of the WLAN technology. These characteristics
account for the advantages of WAL, namely, the improved performance, the
wide applicability and the provisioning of differentiated services