Method and wireless network system for providing QoS on wireless network communicating via point-to-point network

A wireless communication system communicating through a point-to-point network, which provides QoS, the wireless communication system comprising:

• a transmitting node, which searches for a forwarding route satisfying QoS requirements and communicates with a receiving node;
• a receiving node, which searches for the forwarding route satisfying the QoS requirements, communicates with a transmitting node, and selects at least one QoS management node among different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route;
• at least one intermediate node, which exists on a forwarding route from the transmitting node to the receiving node as a node satisfying the QoS requirements, and selects at least one QoS management node among different nodes which are not included in the forwarding route;
• and
• at least one QoS management node, the intermediate node selecting the QoS management node among the different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route, which manages QoS management information of the different nodes, and changes the forwarding route on the basis of the QoS management information, so that the changed forwarding route passes through a different node satisfying the QoS requirements, if it is expected that the intermediate node does not satisfy the QoS requirements.

A transmitting node of a wireless communication system communicating via a point-to-point network, the transmitting node comprising:

• a route setting unit, which searches for a forwarding route which reaches from the transmitting node to a receiving node via an intermediate node satisfying QoS requirements;
• and
• a data communication unit, which forwards data to the receiving node through the forwarding route set by the route setting unit,
• wherein the route setting unit broadcasts a route request message including the QoS requirements to all nodes within a predetermined range from the transmitting node to the receiving node, receives a route response message via at least one intennediate node on a shortest route satisfying the QoS requirements from the receiving node, and sets the forwarding route,
• wherein the route request message is a message for searching for the shortest route satisfying the QoS requirements and includes expected lifetime information and QoS requirements information of a transmitting node.

A receiving node of a wireless communication system communicating through a point-to-point network, which provides QoS, the receiving node comprising:

• a route setting unit, which sets a forwarding route which reaches from a transmitting node to the receiving node via at least one intermediate node satisfying the QoS requirements;
• and
• a QoS manager selection unit, which selects at least one QoS management node among different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route,
• wherein the QoS manager selection unit analyzes expected lifetime information of different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route, the expected lifetime information being received by transmission node existing on the forwarding route when the forwarding route is set;
• selects a node with a longest expected lifetime among the different nodes as a QoS management node;
• and notifies the selected node that the node is selected as a QoS management node.

At least one intermediate node of a wireless communication system communicating through a point-to-point network, which provides QoS, the intermediate node comprising:

• a QoS manager selection unit, which selects at least one QoS management node among different nodes which are not included on a forwarding route, the forwarding route reaching from a transmitting node to a receiving node via at least one intermediate node satisfying QoS requirements;
• and
• a route change unit, which requests a route change to the QoS management node if it is expected that its own QoS information does not satisfy the QoS requirements,
• wherein the QoS manager selection unit analyzes expected lifetime information of the different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route, the expected lifetime information being received by the transmitting node existing on the forwarding route;
• selects a node with a longest expected lifetime among the different nodes as a QoS management node;
• and notifies the selected node that the node is selected as a QoS management node.

At least one QoS management node of a wireless communication system communicating through a point-to-point network, which provides QoS, the QoS management node comprising:

• a QoS information management unit, which manages QoS information of other nodes which are not included on a forwarding route, the forwarding route reaching from a transmitting node to a receiving node via at least one intermediate node satisfying QoS requirements;
• and
• a route change unit, which changes the forwarding route on the basis of the QoS management information so that the changed forwarding route passes through a different node satisfying the QoS requirement, if it is expected that at least one intermediate node existing on the forwarding route does not satisfy the QoS requirements,
• wherein the QoS information management unit:
• requests QoS information from the different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route;
• receives QoS information of the different nodes which are not included on the forwarding route, and updates QoS management information including a list of nodes satisfying the QoS requirements and QoS information of the respective nodes;
• broadcasts a QoS information request to search for at least one new intermediate node which is not included on the forwarding route, if no node among different nodes receiving the QoS information satisfies the QoS requirements;
• updates the QoS management informnation if QoS information of the new intermediate node which is not included on the forwarding route is received;
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• exchanges the QoS management information with at least one different QoS management node and updates the QoS management information.