3 research outputs found
Scheduling strategies and throughput optimization for the Uplink for IEEE 802.11ax and IEEE 802.11ac based networks
The new IEEE 802.11 standard, IEEE 802.11ax, has the challenging goal of
serving more Uplink (UL) traffic and users as compared with his predecessor
IEEE 802.11ac, en- abling consistent and reliable streams of data (average
throughput) per station. In this paper we explore several new IEEE 802.11ax UL
scheduling mechanisms and compare between the maximum throughputs of
unidirectional UDP Multi Users (MU) triadic. The evaluation is conducted based
on Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiple Acceess (OFDMA) transmission multiplexing format in IEEE 802.11ax vs.
the CSMA/CA MAC in IEEE 802.11ac in the Single User (SU) and MU modes for 1, 4,
8, 16, 32 and 64 stations scenario in reliable and unreliable channels. The
comparison is conducted as a function of the Modulation and Coding Schemes
(MCS) in use. In IEEE 802.11ax we consider two new flavors of ac- knowledgment
operation settings, where the maximum acknowledgment windows are 64 or 256
respectively. In SU scenario IEEE 802.11ax throughputs outperform IEEE 802.11ac
by about 64% and 85% in reliable and unreliable channels respectively. In
MU-MIMO scenario IEEE 802.11ax throughputs outperform IEEE 802.11ac by up to
263% and 270% in reliable and unreliable channels respectively. Also, as the
number of stations increases, the advantage of IEEE 802.11ax in terms of the
access delay also increases.Comment: 31 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1709.0481
Optimizing TCP Goodput and Delay in next generation IEEE 802.11 (ax) devices
In this paper we suggest three scheduling strategies for the IEEE 802.11ax
transmis- sion of DL unidirectional TCP data from the Access Point to stations.
Two strategies are based on the Single User operation mode and one is based on
the Multi User operation mode, using Multi User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output
(MU-MIMO) and OFDMA. We measure the Goodput of the system as a function of the
time intervals over which these Goodputs are received in all three strategies.
For up to 8 stations the MU strategy outperforms the SU. For 16 and 32 stations
it is not clear whether MU outperforms SU or vice versa. For 64 stations the SU
strategies outperform the MU significantly. We also checked the influence of
the Delayed Acks feature on the received Goodputs and found that this feature
has significance only when the TCP data segments are relatively short.Comment: 37 pages, 9 figure
Advanced IEEE 802.11ax TCP aware scheduling under unreliable channels
In this paper we suggest advanced IEEE 802.11ax TCP-aware scheduling
strategies for optimizing the AP operation under transmission of unidirectional
TCP traffic. Our scheduling strategies optimize the performance using the
capability for Multi User transmissions over the Uplink, first introduced in
IEEE 802.11ax, together with Multi User transmissions over the Downlink. They
are based on Transmission Opportunities (TXOP) and we suggest three scheduling
strategies determining the TXOP formation parameters. In one of the strategies
one can control the achieved Goodput vs. the delay. We also assume saturated
WiFi transmission queues. We show that with minimal Goodput degradation one can
avoid considerable delays.Comment: 35 pages , 12 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1711.0402