COMPARISON FOR WIMAX SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS AND PROPOSAL QUALITY OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENT IN WIMAX NETWORKS

Abstract

The objective of the broadband wireless technologies is to ensure the end to end Quality of Service (QoS) for service classes. Wimax is a revolution in wireless networks which could support real time multimedia services. In order to provide QoS support and efficient usage of system resources an intelligent scheduling algorithm is needed. The design of detailed scheduling algorithm is a major focus for researchers and service providers. In this study, a channel aware cross-layer scheduling algorithm for Wimax networks has been proposed. This scheme employs Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) value which allocates bandwidth based on the information about the quality of the channel and service requirements of each connection. The proposed algorithm is described in detail and evaluated through series of simulation. The simulation results prove that the proposed algorithm reduces the packet loss rate and delay and thus improves throughput by 12.8%.