An energy diffserv and application-aware MAC scheduling for VBR streaming video in the IEEE 802.15.3 high-rate wireless personal area networks

Pseudo-static time division multiple access (pTDMA) channel access is adopted in the IEEE 802.15.3 specification of high-rate wireless personal area networks. However, in the pTDMA, unnecessary transceiver startup and idle listening of destination devices consume much energy. Furthermore, the pTDMA is not efficient for variable bit rate video flows. In this paper, we propose an energy diffserv and application-aware scheduling (EDAS) algorithm in the medium access control layer for delay-sensitive variable bit rate streaming video. The proposed EDAS scheme takes energy efficiency, quality of service, and fairness into considerations. It includes a channel time partition mechanism, an application-aware dynamic channel time allocation algorithm, as well as a flow admission control mechanism. The EDAS scheme also provides an energy differentiated service to the devices with different remaining-energy levels. Simulation results show that the proposed EDAS scheme outperforms the IEEE 802.15.3 pTDMA significantly in terms of fraction of decodable video frames and energy efficiency.

[1]  Bhaskar Krishnamachari,et al.  An adaptive energy-efficient and low-latency MAC for data gathering in wireless sensor networks , 2004, 18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2004. Proceedings..

[2]  Nathan Ickes,et al.  Physical layer driven protocol and algorithm design for energy-efficient wireless sensor networks , 2001, MobiCom '01.

[3]  Rico Schwendener.  Indoor radio channel model for protocol evaluation of wireless personal area networks , 2002, The 13th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications.

[4]  J. Karaoguz,et al.  High-rate wireless personal area networks , 2001, IEEE Commun. Mag..

[5]  Martin Reisslein,et al.  Network performance evaluation using frame size and quality traces of single-layer and two-layer video: A tutorial , 2004, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

[6]  Changcheng Huang,et al.  MPEG4 traffic modeling using the transform expand sample methodology , 2002, Proceedings 2002 IEEE 4th International Workshop on Networked Appliances (Cat. No.02EX525).

[7]  Dipankar Raychaudhuri,et al.  Size matters: size-based scheduling for MPEG-4 over wireless channels , 2003, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging.

[8]  Martin Reisslein,et al.  MPEG-4 and H.263 video traces for network performance evaluation , 2001, IEEE Netw..

[9]  Ajay Luthra,et al.  Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard , 2003, IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol..

[10]  Adam Wolisz,et al.  Cross-layer optimization of OFDM transmission systems for MPEG-4 video streaming , 2004, Comput. Commun..

[11]  Serge Fdida,et al.  Joint Adoption of QoS Schemes for MPEG Streams , 2005, Multimedia Tools and Applications.

[12]  Miska M. Hannuksela,et al.  H.264/AVC in wireless environments , 2003, IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol..

[13]  Koen Langendoen,et al.  An adaptive energy-efficient MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks , 2003, SenSys '03.

[14]  Kwangsue Chung,et al.  An application-aware MAC scheme for IEEE 802.15.3 high-rate WPAN , 2004, 2004 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8733).

[15]  Koen Langendoen,et al.  Energy-Efficient Medium Access Control , 2005, Embedded Systems Handbook.

[16]  K. Langendoen,et al.  Link adaptation and cross-layer signaling for wireless video-streaming in a shared medium , 2005, 2005 International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications and Mobile Computing.

[17]  Reginald L. Lagendijk,et al.  Fast 802.11 link adaptation for real-time video streaming by cross-layer signaling , 2005, 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.

[18]  Martin Nilsson,et al.  Investigating the energy consumption of a wireless network interface in an ad hoc networking environment , 2001, Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM 2001. Conference on Computer Communications. Twentieth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Society (Cat. No.01CH37213).

[19]  Yang Xiao,et al.  Optimal ACK mechanisms of the IEEE 802.15.3 MAC for ultra-wideband systems , 2006, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

[20]  Deborah Estrin,et al.  An energy-efficient MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks , 2002, Proceedings.Twenty-First Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies.

[21]  Theodore B. Zahariadis,et al.  Evolution of the Wireless PAN and LAN standards , 2004, Comput. Stand. Interfaces.

[22]  Stephan Wenger,et al.  H.264/AVC over IP , 2003, IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol..