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Wireless MAC Processor Networking: A Control Architecture for Expressing and Implementing High-Level Adaptation Policies in WLANs

TitleWireless MAC Processor Networking: A Control Architecture for Expressing and Implementing High-Level Adaptation Policies in WLANs
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsGallo, P., D. Garlisi, F. Giuliano, F. Gringoli, I. Tinnirello, and G. Bianchi
JournalVehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE
Volume8
Pagination81-89
Date PublishedDec
ISSN1556-6072
Keywordsaccess protocols, control architecture, flow-control concepts, hardware abstraction interface, high-level adaptation policies, MAC adaptation policies, Media Access Protocol, multiple nodes, network performance, Openflow model, performance evaluation, vendor-specific implementations, Wireless communication, wireless LAN, wireless local area networks, wireless MAC processor networking, wireless medium access control, Wireless networks, Wireless sensor networks, WLAN, WMP architecture
Abstract

The current proliferation of unplanned wireless local area networks (WLANs) is creating the need for implementing different adaptation strategies to improve network performance under mutating and evolving interference scenarios. In this article, we envision a new solution for expressing and implementing high-level adaptation policies in WLANs, in contrast to the current approaches based on vendor-specific implementations. We exploit the hardware abstraction interface recently proposed by the wireless medium access control (MAC) processor (WMP) architecture and some flow-control concepts similar to the Openflow model for defining MAC adaptation policies. A simple control architecture for disseminating and activating new policies among multiple nodes is validated in an experimental testbed.

DOI10.1109/MVT.2013.2281652