Downlink Packet Scheduling for Real-Time Traffic in Multi-User OFDMA System

Abstract

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) which can make full use of frequency resources by using adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) and multi-user diversity, is a promising technology for the next generation wireless communication system. The flexibility of OFDMA also makes the radio resource management (RRM) more complicated. This paper proposes a modified largest weighted delay first (M-LWDF) packet scheduling algorithm with subcarrier allocation for the real time service in the multiuser OFDMA systems. The simulation result shows that it can maximize the system throughput and guarantee the QoS (quality of service) of different users.