Client protection in wireless home networks

Abstract

In-home wireless networks are currently available in every home today. However, the open nature of wireless medium and the increase of wireless traffic make it difficult for network operator to guarantee user experience of provided services. In this paper, we focus on multimedia services especially wireless IPTV that needs to be guaranteed by network operator. In order to avoid global degradation and to ensure per-client quality, we propose to use a fair-scheduler implementable with Quiet Element available in the IEEE 802.11 standard. Unlike most of existing schemes, our proposition is applicable to both downlink and uplink streams and can be implemented easily in real access point products. Performance evaluation is conducted using NS-3 and real house propagation maps.