7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks

Research Article

An Analytical Model for WiMAX Networks with Multiple Traffic Profiles and Throttling Policy

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/WIOPT.2009.5291626,
        author={Sebastien Doirieux and Bruno Baynat and Masood Maqbool and Marceau Coupechoux},
        title={An Analytical Model for WiMAX Networks with Multiple Traffic Profiles and Throttling Policy},
        proceedings={7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={WIOPT},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/WIOPT.2009.5291626}
    }
    
  • Sebastien Doirieux
    Bruno Baynat
    Masood Maqbool
    Marceau Coupechoux
    Year: 2010
    An Analytical Model for WiMAX Networks with Multiple Traffic Profiles and Throttling Policy
    WIOPT
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/WIOPT.2009.5291626
Sebastien Doirieux1,*, Bruno Baynat1,*, Masood Maqbool2,*, Marceau Coupechoux2,*
  • 1: Universit´e Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris, FRANCE
  • 2: TELECOM ParisTech & CNRS LTCI - Paris, FRANCE
*Contact email: sebastien.doirieux@lip6.fr, bruno.baynat@lip6.fr, masood.maqbool@telecom-paristech.fr, marceau.coupechoux@telecom-paristech.fr

Abstract

In this paper, we present a simple and accurate analytical model for performance evaluation of WiMAX networks with multiple traffic profiles. This very promising access technology has been designed to support numerous kinds of applications having different traffic characteristics. One of the QoS parameters considered by the standard for traffic classes is the maximum sustained traffic rate (MSTR), which is an upper bound for user throughput. Taking into account MSTR implies the implementation of a throttling scheduling policy that regulates the user peak rate. Our models take into account this policy and provides closed-form expressions giving all the required performance parameters for each traffic profile at a click speed. The model is compared with extensive simulations that show its accuracy and robustness.