Architectural reference model for QoS-driven wireless LANs
First Claim
1. A quality of service (QoS) station containing a point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the PC comprising:
- a QoS management entity (QME) receiving at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing a user application, the at least one end-to-end QoS message including at least one QoS parameter set that is expressed at layer 3 and higher of an ISO/TEC basic reference model of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)(ISO/IEC 7498-1) and is to be passed down to layer 2 of the PC-station for enabling QoS traffic transport of the application; and
an admission control entity (ACE) performing an admission control decision relating to the application based on the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application, wherein the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application is a request for admitting the application to the wireless network wherein the ACE, responsive to the at least one end-to-end QoS message, rejects or admits the requesting application to the wireless network based on an outcome of the admission control decision and wherein the OME responsive to an admitted application;
establishes at least one virtual stream (VS) in layer 2 of the BSS for transporting the traffic of the application between logical link control (LLC) sublayer entities within the BSS.
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Abstract
A quality of service (QoS) station is disclosed containing a point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless LAN. The PC station includes a QoS management entity (QME) and an admission control entity (ACE). The QME receives at least one end-to-end QoS message that characterizes a user application, such as a voice call, a video call, a data call and a multimedia call. The at least one end-to-end QoS message includes at least one QoS parameter set that is expressed at layer 3 and higher of an ISO/IEC basic reference model of Open Systems interconnection (OSI) (ISO/IEC 7498-1) and is to be passed down to layer 2 of the PC-station for enabling QoS traffic transport of the application. The ACE performs an admission control decision relating to the application based on the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application. The ACE reserves a resource based on a QoS parameter set contained in the end-to-end QoS message. The ACE can be part of the QME and can include a resource control module that performs at least one admission control decision based on resource permission, and a policy control module that performs at least one admission control decision based on policy permission.
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41 Claims
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1. A quality of service (QoS) station containing a point coordinator (PC) for a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the PC comprising:
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a QoS management entity (QME) receiving at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing a user application, the at least one end-to-end QoS message including at least one QoS parameter set that is expressed at layer 3 and higher of an ISO/TEC basic reference model of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)(ISO/IEC 7498-1) and is to be passed down to layer 2 of the PC-station for enabling QoS traffic transport of the application; and
an admission control entity (ACE) performing an admission control decision relating to the application based on the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application, wherein the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application is a request for admitting the application to the wireless network wherein the ACE, responsive to the at least one end-to-end QoS message, rejects or admits the requesting application to the wireless network based on an outcome of the admission control decision and wherein the OME responsive to an admitted application;
establishes at least one virtual stream (VS) in layer 2 of the BSS for transporting the traffic of the application between logical link control (LLC) sublayer entities within the BSS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for setting up a user application in a wireless network, the communication session having a defined quality of service (QoS), the method comprising:
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receiving at a QoS management entity (QME) of a point coordinator (PC) station at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the user application, the at least one end-to-end QoS message including at least one QoS parameter set that is expressed at layer 3 and higher of an ISO/IEC basic reference model of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)(ISO/IEC7498-1) and is to be passed down to layer 2 of the PC-station for enabling QoS traffic transport of the application; and
performing at an admission control entity (ACE) of the PC station an admission control decision relating to the application based on the at least one end-to-end QoS message characterizing the application, the ACE being part of the QME of the PC station, wherein the at least one end-t—
_end QoS message characterizing the application includes a request for admitting the application to the wireless network, the method further comprising steps of;
rejecting or admitting by the ACE the requesting application to the wireless network based on an outcome of the admission control decision, and establishing by the OME at least one virtual stream (VS) in layer 2 of the BSS for transporting the traffic of the application between logical link control (LLC) sublayer entities within the BSS. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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