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 efficiently.
Index Terms—BWA, IEEE 802.16, QoS, scheduling, WiMAX.
J. M. Mwamafundo was with the School of Information Science and Engineering Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410083, P.R China. He is now with ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development as Chief ICT Officer, Nairobi, Kenya (e-mail: j.modie@nairobimetro.go.ke).
S. Kipkorir was with the School of Information Science and Engineering Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410083, P.R China. He is now with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya (e-mail: kipkorirsang@gmail.com).
F. Musau is with the School of Information Science and Engineering Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410083, P.R China (e-mail: musaunf@gmail.com).
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Cite: Juma Modie Mwamafundo, Sang Kipkorir, and Felix Musau, "An Enhanced Service Flow Management Scheme for IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Systems,"
International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 484-488, 2012.
