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Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.16 Uplink for Best-Effort Traffic

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The IEEE 802.16 has a reservation based, centralized approach for allocating bandwidth on the upstream channel. In this paper, we proposed a queue length based weighted round robin (QL-WRR) scheduling algorithm to assess the efficient usage of upstream bandwidth of the IEEE 802.16 MAC protocol. This scheduling algorithm provides fairness. In QL-WRR scheduling algorithm, the scheduler takes the arrival rates of packets at the SS’s into account. A mathematical model is developed to determine the probability transmission by an SS, and probability of collision in a minislot. These parameters are used to obtain the uplink performance. The proposed mathematical model allows the dynamic variation of ratio between contention and data minislots according to the network load to improve the uplink utilization.

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  1. JNTUH, Hyderabad, India

    B. N. Bhandari

  2. IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

    R. V. Raja Kumar

  3. G-2W, Soura Niloy Housing Complex, 1-Kailash Ghosh Road, Kolkata, 700008, India

    S. L. Maskara

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Bhandari, B.N., Raja Kumar, R.V. & Maskara, S.L. Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.16 Uplink for Best-Effort Traffic. Wireless Pers Commun 84, 623–641 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2653-2

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