Admission control and scheduling of periodic real-time flows in IEEE 802.11be networks

his work explores how to leverage two novel features provided by the IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) standard, such as the Restricted Target Wake Time and Multi-Link Operation, to offer support to real-time periodic flows. In fact, the standard does not define mechanisms to effectively integrate these features in admission control and scheduling policies for real-time flows. The work first addresses the design challenges behind providing bounded latency guarantees and efficient link utilization to real- time uplink flows and then outlines two strategies, called Dedicated and Shared R-TWT. Finally, the work compares the results of a preliminary analytical assessment of the proposed strategies.