Analysis and evaluation of a new MAC protocol for broadband wireless access

Author

de Moraes, L.F.M. ; Maciel, P.D., Jr.

Author_Institution

High-Speed Networks Lab., UFRI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

13-16 June 2005

Firstpage

107

Abstract

Broadband wireless access (BWA) systems offer a solution for broadband access and high data rate transmission of multimedia services with distinct quality-of-service (QoS) requirements through a wireless medium, IEEE 802.16 standard specifies the PHY and MAC layers for BWA systems. However, in spite of including the possibility for QoS support, the standard does not define how to schedule different types of traffic. This article propose a new MAC protocol for BWA systems that incorporates a traffic scheduling mechanism based on messages and/or stations priorities. An analytical model to evaluate the performance of the proposed protocol is also developed and results obtained for the messages waiting times of different traffic classes are presented.

Keywords

access protocols; broadband networks; data communication; quality of service; scheduling; telecommunication traffic; MAC protocol; QoS; broadband wireless access; quality-of-service; traffic scheduling mechanism; Access control; Access protocols; Analytical models; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Proposals; Quality of service; Scheduling; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Networks, Communications and Mobile Computing, 2005 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9305-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIRLES.2005.1549393

Filename

1549393