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A Scheme of efficient Bandwidth Guarantee for Multiple Video Transmission of IEEE 802.11e HCCA

다수 동영상 전송을 위한 IEEE 802.11e HCCA의 효과적인 대역폭 보장기법

  • 김영환 (연세대학교 컴퓨터정보통신공학부 정보통신망연구실) ;
  • 석정봉 (연세대학교 컴퓨터정보통신공학부 정보통신망연구실)
  • Received : 2010.02.07
  • Accepted : 2010.08.04
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

In these days, video applications for special purposes such as video conference systems among multiple users and video surveillance systems require multiple video connections and QoS guarantee. The video systems employ IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN devices to support broadband wireless interfaces and easy internet accesses for cheaper prices. However, according to the current IEEE 802.11e HCCA standard, if more than three video sessions are established in WSTA services, some of them must share the TXOP because the available number of TSIDs for video transmission is two. In order to resolve the problem, we devised a method which can establish up to 15 video sessions by slightly modifying the frame structure while maintaining the compatibility with current standard. Our method is implemented on the NCTUns 4.0 network simulator, and evaluated not only numerically in terms of throughput, delay, and PSNR, but also experimentally in the sense of real video clips that are used as input to our simulation. The results showed that our method sufficiently guarantees the transmission bandwidth requested by each video session.

오늘날, 다수의 사용자들 사이에서 화상회의 및 영상보안 시스템을 위한 영상 어플리케이션들은 다수의 동영상 연결 및 QoS 보장을 요구하고 있다. 동영상 시스템들은 광대역 무선 전송과 저비용 인터넷 접속을 위해 IEEE 802.11 무선 랜 장치를 채택한다. 그러나 현재의 IEEE 802.11e HCCA 표준에 따르면 동영상 전송을 위한 TSID는 두 개뿐이므로, 3개 이상의 동영상 세션이 하나의 무선 랜 단말에서 설정될 때, 동영상 세션들은 서로의 TXOP을 공유해야만 한다. 이 문제를 해결하기위해서, 기존 표준과 호환성을 유지하면서, 최대 15개까지 동영상세션을 설정할 수 있도록 프레임구조를 수정하였다. 제안방식은 NCTUns 4.0 네트워크 시뮬레이터와 실제 동영상데이터를 활용하여 수신량 및 PSNR 성능을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 500ms의 지연시간 안에 기존방식의 정상 동영상 세션이 약 75%를 수신한 반면, 제안방식은 97%이상을 수신하였다.

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