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| Author(s): |
Flávio Adalberto Kubota
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2013-06-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Nelson Luis Saldanha da Fonseca;
Cesar Augusto Viana Melo;
Leandro Aparecido Villas
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| Advisor: | Juliana Freitag Borin; Nelson Luis Saldanha da Fonseca |
| Abstract | |
The IEEE 802.16 standard, also known as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and its amendment, IEEE 802.16-2005, are a low cost solution for Internet access. The technology is capable of providing high data transfer rates for large geographic areas, high level of scalability and low cost of installation and maintenance. Furthermore, the technology includes an architecture for Quality of Service (QoS) provision for real-time applications and applications that require high transfer rates. To garantee the QoS requirements, the standard defines a signaling mechanism between Base Station (BS) and Subscriber Station (SS), five classes of service, a scheduling mechanism and an admission control mechanism for new connections. However, policies that must be used in the implementation of scheduling mechanisms and admission control mechanisms were not defined by the standard. The scheduling mechanism is responsible for guaranteeing the minimum reserved rate requirements for the connections, while the admission control mechanism restricts the number of connections in the network to avoid the wireless link saturation. This dissertation proposes two scheduling mechanisms and one admission control mechanism for IEEE 802.16 networks. The proposed mechanisms are fully-standard compliant and capable of meeting the QoS requirements of the five classes of service. Due to the high variability of wireless channel signal, the scheduling mechanisms for wired networks are not suitable for wireless networks. Thus, the two scheduling policies and admission control mechanism proposed use information about the quality of the signal, through a cross-layer approach, to promote an efficient use of the wireless link. The three solutions were evaluated through simulation experiments using a simulation module for IEEE 802.16 networks (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/07753-6 - Scheduling in WiMAX Networks |
| Grantee: | Flávio Adalberto Kubota |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |