WLAN Throughput Management: A Game Theoretic TXOP Scheduling Approach

Zhu, Z; Cao, F; Fan, Z

Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamic selection of transmission opportunity (TXOP) which was originally proposed in IEEE 802.11e Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA). A game theoretic optimisation framework is proposed to schedule the optimal TXOP value for every station according to the current channel capacity and transmission requirements of the stations, in order to improve the efficiency of TXOP scheduling and channel resource utilisation. The advantages of the proposed decentralised mechanism include the increased flexibility in TXOP allocation and the reduced complexity. The proposed mechanism has potential applications in the future IEEE 802.11ax standard. Theoretical study shows the existence of Nash equilibrium where the stations achieve an optimal TXOP scheduling. Numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the proposed framework.

Citation

Zhu, Z., Cao, F., & Fan, Z. (2015, September). WLAN Throughput Management: A Game Theoretic TXOP Scheduling Approach. Presented at 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Guildford, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD)
• Start Date: Sep 7, 2015
• End Date: Sep 9, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Sep 7, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jan 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 28, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2023
• Journal: IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 978-1-4673-8185-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390501
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/460532
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7390501