Providing QoS Assurance

In a hybrid Wireless-Broadband
over Power Lines
Network

Angeliki M. Sarafi and Panayotis G. Cottis

Workshop on Applications for Powerline Communications, October 2008

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Problem Definition
How may QoS guarantees be provided
when different technologies are
encountered during packet transmission?

Case study: BPL WiFi Heterogeneous Networks

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Outline
Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
BPL as part of an NGN
Hybrid W-BPL network
QoS requirements
Service classes
Diff Service Model
Further Prospects

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Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
Definition: When multiple broadband, QoS enabled transport
technologies are encountered
Where service-related functions are independent from underlying
transport-related technologies
Basic conditions constituting an NGN
1. Differentiated QoS
2. heterogeneous network interfaces

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Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

Legacy Networks NGNs

Application oriented Support all applications
(PSTV, Cellular) (all IP philosophy)
Technology predefined QoS QoS Internetworking
mechanisms (already between different
implemented in each protocol)
technologies
Routing and CAC functions Grouping of performance
threshold based parameters and objectives under
QoS classifications

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Is BPL part of an NGN?
Implementations of BPL
Rural areas (Larissa project)
E-Health
Emergency communications
Last mile access
Inevitable interconnection to broadband
infrastructure
Discontinuous
nature of MV grid
Shared medium environment
Condition 1: heterogeneous networks

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 Is BPL part of an NGN?
QoS aware applications?

Condition 2: Differentiated QoS

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 Hybrid W-BPL network
End-to-End
performance
3 concatenated
networks
Need for QoS
internetworking

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Service classes
QoS class internetworking between
different network technologies
Mapping between parameters
Performance monitoring
Mapping with QoS parameters agreed via SLAs

Mapping between classes

Static mapping between QoS classes supported by
different technologies

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Service classes
Adverse factors
Dynamic Integration of new SCs
High bandwidth TCP connection for W-BPL
integration to other networks
Static QoS mapping
Waste of network resources
Solution proposed
The Dynamic Class-Selection module

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QoS requirements

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Diff Service Model
QoS concatenation
End-to-End QoS Assurance
The QoS classes that different technologies impose on each
network meet the QoS required by the application
The Dynamic Class-Selection module
Point-to-Point QoS
Shared medium contention among BPL P2P links
Static Priority Mapping
Link Management Module

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Diff Service Model
Dynamic class selection module (DCS)
Virtual Classes (VCs)
QoS constraints
Available network resources
Current VC

Total
Waiting Time
Scheduling priorities
QoS Brokering

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Diff Service Model
MAC Contention Scheme
Fixed MAC priority scheme
Bandwidth Constraints
Delay Constraints

Link Management Module

Activation of DL wireless link
DCS Failed to locate an adequate SC
Accommodate Additional Traffic
Delay Sensitive Application
Already Activated
Unable to accept the incoming flow
Reject the new call
Drop the packets of an existing call

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Future Work
Performance Evaluation
Survey over different media
WiMAX, WLAN, DSL
New network architectures

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References
Mi Sun Ryu, Hong-Shik Park and Sang-Chul Shin QoS class
mapping over heterogeneous networks using Application Service
Map, ICNICONSMCL06
Sehyeong Cho and Youngmee Shin Multimedia Service
Internetworking over Heterogeneous Networking Environments,
IEEE Network 1999
Questions?

Thank you

Contact email: asarafi@mail.ntua.gr

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