Title :
An unsaturated model for request mechanisms in WiMAX
Author :
Ni, Qiang ; Hu, Ling
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
fDate :
1/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) based wireless metropolitan area networks have recently received wide attention as they support high data rates with great quality of service (QoS) capabilities. In order to support QoS, bandwidth request (BW-REQ) mechanisms are suggested in the WiMAX standard for resource reservation. In this letter we propose a simple and accurate analytical model for the performance analysis of contention-based bandwidth request mechanisms. The accuracy of this model is verified with simulation results.
Keywords :
WiMax; quality of service; QoS; WiMAX; contention-based bandwidth request mechanisms; performance analysis; quality of service; resource reservation; wireless metropolitan area networks; worldwide interoperability for microwave access; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Design engineering; Media Access Protocol; Metropolitan area networks; Performance analysis; Quality of service; Time division multiple access; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; WiMAX; bandwidth request; medium access control (MAC); modeling;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2010.01.091989
