Real-Time Resource Reservation for Synchronized Multimedia Object over Wireless LAN

The increasing use of wireless networks has necessitated the development of a wireless networking infrastructure that supports quality of service (QoS) for multimedia communications. Proxy servers are gaining prominence in facilitating QoS assurance and intelligent resource allocation for multimedia services. In this paper, we propose a proxy-based framework that provides QoS support to mobile users. We describe the overall QoS architecture and implement a number of key QoS functions, including bandwidth allocation and synchronization. In this architecture, admission control is exercised to ensure the long-term availability of resources to mobile clients, where the resources include bandwidth for supporting required presentation rates and buffer for synchronizing media streams. Bandwidth allocation is implemented in Linux Traffic Control using Stochastic Fairness Queueing and Token Bucket Filter disciplines to provide bandwidth guarantees for the multimedia connections. An adaptive sy...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: ISORC
• Authors: Husni Fahmi, Mudassir Latif, Basit Shafiq, Raymond A. Paul, Arif Ghafoor
• Keywords: Bandwidth Allocation, Distributed And Parallel Computing, ISORC 2002, Key Qos Functions, Overall Qos Architecture