Title of Thesis

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND MODELING IN WIRELESS IP NETWORKS

Summary:
Today, telecommunication networks are merging towards IP technology. However IP is designed for data applications with fixed node and only support a single service class, best-effort Therefore, it is insufficient to support real-time applications which requires delay and loss bounds. In order to provide multimedia services in wireless networks using IP protocols, network operators are faced with two major tasks. First, providing IP mobility and second, supporting diverse QoS requested by multimedia applications. This project is to evaluate the most relevant QoS parameters in wireless IP networks and investigate the impact of traffic management on QoS performance. In this project, we have considered admission control, especially measurement-based approach. The aim is to evaluate the design criteria and design a new admission algorithm for wireless IP networks for improved QoS performance.

Long-term Goals:

• Find the most appropriate traffic management scheme(s) in wireless IP networks
• Investigate the relationship between traffic modelling and traffic management

• Evaluate the design criteria for admission control schemes in wireless IP networks
• Design a new algorithm for improved QoS performance