Analysis and Modification of Scheduling Algorithm for IEEE 802.16e (Mobile WiMAX)

Abstract

Mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is being touted as the most promising and potential broadband wireless technology. And the popularity rate has been surging to newer heights as the knowledge-backed service era unfolds steadily. Especially Mobile WiMAX is being projected as a real and strategic boon for developing counties such as India due to its wireless coverage acreage is phenomenally high. Mobile WiMAX has spurred tremendous interest from operators seeking to deploy high-performance yet cost-effective broadband wireless networks. The IEEE 802.16e standard based Mobile WiMAX system will be investigated for the purpose of Quality of Service provisioning. As a technical challenge, radio resource management will be primarily considered and main is the costly spectrum and the increasingly more demanding applications with ever growing number of subscribers. It is necessary to provide Quality of Service (QoS) guaranteed with different characteristics. As a possible solution the scheduling algorithms will be taken into main consideration and the present well known algorithms will be described. In this paper, we have highlighted the following critical issues for Mobile WiMAX technologies. This paper specifically discussed about the below mentioned in detail. 1. QoS Requirements For IEEE 802.16 Service Classes 2. Achieving efficient radio resource management 3. Deficit Round Robin (DRR) Scheduling algorithm 4. Modified Deficit Round Robin (MDRR) scheduling algorithm's attributes, properties and architecture.