PACKET SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS LAN

摘要

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for scheduling packets in a wireless local area network (LAN). Ž<P>SOLUTION: The method includes steps of: mapping a packet to an access category (AC) on the basis of a user priority of the packet; assigning the packet to a traffic flow (TF) in a station on the basis of the AC of the packet; placing a packet from the TF into a transmission queue for the AC; selecting a packet from the transmission queue on the basis of a service-based contention resolution function; and transmitting the selected packet. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž