Quantitative analysis of propagation characteristics for Mobile WiMAX

Author

Shrestha, Pradhumna Lal ; Mahasukhon, Puttipong ; Hempel, Michael ; Ma, Tao ; Sharif, Hamid

Author_Institution

Comput. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln, Omaha, NE, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In wireless networks, careful planning and link budget analysis is required for delivering maximum throughput reliably with minimum overhead. The efficiency of planning and eventual network performance is totally dependent upon the accuracy and quality of data used for analysis. In most studies, computer simulations and analytical models are used for generating such data. However these simulations are limited to many assumptions which are different from the actual implemented hardware, therefore, the data generated are not accurate. In this paper, we analyze the performance of Mobile WiMAX utilizing the empirical data measured from leading WiMAX equipment. We believe this data can be used to predict an accurate and reliable throughput and link budget in WiMAX networks.

Keywords

WiMax; computer network reliability; mobile computing; mobile radio; telecommunication network planning; link budget analysis; mobile WiMAX network; planning efficiency; propagation characteristic; quantitative analysis; wireless network; Base stations; Channel models; Downlink; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Throughput; WiMAX; Error; Latency; Mobile WiMAX; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2011

Conference_Location

New York City, NY

ISSN

1934-5070

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0162-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WTS.2011.5960861

Filename

5960861