Admission control for different UE-MAC algorithms in UTRA-FDD

Radio Resource Management (RRM) entity is responsible for the utilization of the air interface resources in UTRA-FDD and, consequently, the adoption of efficient RRM algorithms is needed to guarantee QoS as well as to provide high capacity. Among the several RRM functions that will help to achieve such objectives, this paper proposes three different MAC strategies applied at UE (User Equipment) level, which are devoted to decide the suitable radio transmission parameters for each connection in the uplink direction. Also, the impact of these algorithms on admission control decisions is studied. Results reveal that for a proper admission control algorithm design, the behaviour of the different UE-MAC algorithms needs to be taken into account.