An Effective QoS Scheme in WiMAX Mesh Networking for Maritime ITS

Due to the inherent flexibility, scalability and reliability advantages of mesh networking architecture, the IEEE 802.16 working group is actively standardizing the mesh mode for the mobility scenarios. Comparing with the point-to-multipoint (PMP) mode providing quality-of-service (QoS) mechanisms, the newly introduced mesh mode has not specified solutions for the mesh mode. In this paper, we propose and analyze an effective scheme achieving QoS in the WiMAX mesh networking mode for the Maritime ITS applications. Illustrative numerical examples are presented to indicate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, and also the impact of key parameters in differentiating the diverse requirements