International Journal of Wireless and Microwave Technologies (IJWMT)
IJWMT Vol. 2, No. 5, 15 Oct. 2012
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New Downlink Scheduling Framework for Hybrid Unicast and Multicast Traffic in WiMAX Networks
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Author(s)
Rashid Karimi
1,*
Saleh Yousefi
2
Ali Azarpeyvand
3
Vahid.K.Alilou
4
Index Terms
WiMAX Network, Scheduling, PQ Algorithm, Aging Method
Abstract
WiMAX networks based on IEEE 802.16 standard has expedited broadband wireless access surge in recent years. The traffic in these networks is identified in four types of class of service with different QoS requirements. Therefore, scheduling mechanism to manage these services in order to meet QoS requirements is a crucial fact and an important challenge. In this paper, for PMP mode of WiMAX networks, a two-level scheduling mechanism in MAC layer of Base Station (BS) has been proposed. The proposed scheduling algorithm takes into account hybrid unicast and multicast downlink traffic including three classes of service: rtps, nrtps and BE. In the first level of this scheduling mechanism, we have used the scheduling algorithms WRR and FCFS to schedule the connections and in its second level, the PQ algorithm based on Aging method is used to manage and schedule the packets. The functionality of the proposed scheduling algorithm is compared with priority queuing (PQ) algorithm. The resulting outcome of simulation shows that the proposed design has quite a better performance for Best Effort (BE) service class. Furthermore the delay of the rtps class and total throughput of the network is increased noticeably.
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Rashid Karimi, Saleh Yousefi, Ali Azarpeyvand, Vahid.K.Alilou,"New Downlink Scheduling Framework for Hybrid Unicast and Multicast Traffic in WiMAX Networks", IJWMT, vol.2, no.5, pp.69-79, 2012. DOI: 10.5815/ijwmt.2012.05.10
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