Slicing in WiFi networks through airtime-based resource allocation

Network slicing is one of the key enabling technologies for 5G networks. It allows infrastructure owners to assign resources to service providers (tenants), which will afterwards use them to satisfy their end-user demands. This paradigm, which changes the way networks have been traditionally managed, was initially proposed in the wired realm (core networks). More recently, the scientific community has paid attention to the integration of network slicing in wireless cellular technologies (LTE). However, there are not many works addressing the challenges that appear when trying to exploit slicing techniques over WiFi networks, in spite of their growing relevance. In this paper we propose a novel method of proportionally distributing resources in WiFi networks, by means of the airtime. We develop an analytical model, which shed light on how such resources could be split. The validity of the proposed model is assessed by means of simulation-based evaluation over the ns-3 framework.This work has been supported in part by the European Commission and the Spanish Government (Fondo Europeo de desarrollo Regional, FEDER) by means of the EU H2020 NECOS (777067) and ADVICE (TEC2015-71329) projects, respectively

Distributed queue dual bus Metropolitan area network: a review of performance analysis of the medium access control protocol

Standardization, prototyping and application of unidirectional bus networks are introduced followed by a detailed description of Distributed Queue Dual Bus Medium Access Control (DQDB MAC) protocol. A review or throughput analysis and delay performance of the MAC protocol along with a survey of related literature is presented (42 refs.