Adaptive resource allocation for multimedia QoS management in wireless networks

Adaptive resource allocation for multimedia quality of service (QoS) support in broadband wireless networks is examined in this work. A service model consisting of three service classes with different handoff-dropping requirements is presented. Appropriate call-admission control and resource-reservation schemes are developed to allocate resources adaptively to the real-time service classes with a stringent delay bound. Moreover, we propose an effective and efficient measurement-based dynamic resource allocation scheme to meet the target handoff-dropping probability. The nonreal-time applications, serviced by the best-effort model, are supported. The system accommodates adaptive multimedia applications to further reduce the blocking and dropping probabilities of real-time applications. Based on a multidimensional model analysis, simulations are conducted to evaluate the system performance. The simulation results show that the proposed system can satisfy the desired QoS of multimedia applications under different traffic loads, while achieving high utilization.