(International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, 2012-08) Musau, Felix; Kipkorir, Sang; Mwamafundo, Juma Modie
Abstract—While the protocols have been proposed to support
QoS (quality of service) guarantees for a variety of applications,
the WiMax/IEEE 802.16 standard does not specify a mandatory
scheduling architecture to fulfill stringent QoS requirement for
the different classes of traffic. Only the framework is
established in the standard which provides an opportunity for
developers to design efficient scheduling mechanism to fulfill
stringent QoS requirement for the different classes of traffic.
The scheduling scheme requires catering for rigorous QoS
guarantee for all types of service flows as specified in the
standard, enabling fairness and facilitating the traffic of lower
priority. In this paper, we propose a Service Flow Management
Scheme for the IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access
systems that can provide QOS support that enhances
performance through a scheduler that performs optimally and
efficient