METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC FLOWS

摘要

In one or more embodiments of the disclosed technology, an Access Point (AP) schedules communication traffic flows or service tasks between an Access Point (AP) and one or more member stations in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The communication traffic flows or service tasks may include both control and management flows and data traffic flows. The communication traffic flows or service tasks may include traffic flows or streams of different types, each of which may have different service intervals. The order of service tasks can be changed from cycle to cycle, randomly, by rotation, or based on historical delay records.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
arranging a plurality of traffic streams of different types into a plurality of levels based on a respective service interval of each of the plurality of traffic streams of different types; scheduling zeroth level service tasks for transmission during a first service interval; and scheduling a plurality of first level schedulettes of first level service tasks during a residual portion of the first service interval so that transmission of each first level schedulette will commence after transmission of the zeroth level service tasks, wherein each respective first level schedulette is comprised of first level service tasks scheduled for transmission and a plurality of second level schedulettes scheduled for transmission after transmission of the first level service tasks; and wherein each respective second level schedulette is comprised of second level service tasks.