Bandwidth Allocation for Multimedia Applications at Mobile Stations

Author

Koumadi, Koudjo Mawuefam ; Han, Youngnam

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Inf. & Commun. Univ., Daejeon

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

2008

fDate

5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

361

Abstract

A user in B3G (Beyond 3rd Generation) mobile communications systems may choose to simultaneously launch various multimedia applications. In this letter, we suggest that the mobile station (MS) shares its available resources among the user´s applications, based on her/his preferences and the applications´ quality of service (QoS) requirements. A utility maximiztion problem is formulated. From the formulated optimization problem, and using Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions, we derive an optimum scheme to perform this task at the MS. The scheme maximizes user satisfaction under application- specific rate constraints, and is applicable to both downlink and uplink.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; mobile radio; multimedia communication; optimisation; quality of service; utility theory; B3G mobile communication; Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition; bandwidth allocation; beyond 3rd Generation; mobile station; multimedia application; quality of service; utility maximiztion problem; 3G mobile communication; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel allocation; Constraint optimization; Downlink; Helium; Multimedia systems; Quality of service; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2008.071946

Filename

4524240