Packet scheduling for QoS support in IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access systems

In this paper we introduce a scheduling algorithm and admission control policy for IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access standard. The proposed solution which is practical and compatible to the IEEE 802.16 standard, provides QoS support to different traffic classes. To the best of our knowledge this is the first such algorithm. The simulation studies show that the proposed solution includes QoS support for all types of traffic classes as defined by the standard. We have shown the relationship between traffic characteristics and its QoS requirements and the network performance. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.