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Dynamic traffic allocation in IEEE 802.11be multi-Link WLANs

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dc.contributor.author López Raventós, Álvaro
dc.contributor.author Bellalta, Boris
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-01T14:09:50Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-01T14:09:50Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation López-Raventós A, Bellalta B. Dynamic traffic allocation in IEEE 802.11be multi-Link WLANs. IEEE Wirel Commun Lett. 2022;11(7):1404-8. DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2022.3171442
dc.identifier.issn 2162-2337
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55589
dc.description.abstract The multi-link operation (MLO) is a key feature of the next IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput amendment. Through its adoption, it is expected to enhance users’ experience by improving throughput rates and latency. However, potential MLO gains are tied to how traffic is distributed across the multiple radio interfaces. In this letter, we introduce a traffic manager atop MLO, and evaluate different high-level traffic-to-link allocation policies to distribute incoming traffic over the set of enabled interfaces. Following a flow-level approach, we compare both non-dynamic and dynamic traffic balancing policy types. The results show that the use of a dynamic policy, along with MLO, allows to significantly reduce the congestion suffered by traffic flows, enhancing the traffic delivery in all the evaluated scenarios, and in particular improving the quality of service received by video flows. Moreover, we show that the adoption of MLO in future Wi-Fi networks improves also the coexistence with non-MLO networks, which results in performance gains for both MLO and non-MLO networks.
dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported in part by the Spanish Government under Grant WINDMAL PGC2018-099959-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER,UE), and in part by Cisco.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
dc.relation.ispartof IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 2022;11(7):1404-8.
dc.rights © 2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2022.3171442
dc.title Dynamic traffic allocation in IEEE 802.11be multi-Link WLANs
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2022.3171442
dc.subject.keyword IEEE 802.11be
dc.subject.keyword Multi-link operation
dc.subject.keyword Traffic management
dc.subject.keyword Dynamic allocation
dc.subject.keyword WLANs
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-099959-B-I00
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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