An efficient negative acknowledgment method for CDMA-based ranging in IEEE 802.16 OFDMA systems

Ranging in IEEE 802.16 systems is used to synchronize an uplink or to request an uplink bandwidth. The base station sends a ranging response message as a positive acknowledgment of a successfully received code. However, the base station does not provide a negative acknowledgment; hence, a mobile station is unable to determine if its ranging code is unsuccessfully transmitted. This paper proposes a negative acknowledgment method based on a ranging slot indicator and the frame number of a ranging response message. The results of the performance analysis show that the proposed method can reduce the delay of a code retransmission.     

Optimizing uplink TCP-ACK transmission in WiMAZ OFDMA systems

In WiMAX networks, a bandwidth request-grant process is required for uplink operation. However, the process is not optimized for TCP, since the uplink ACK stream is disrupted due to the following: (a) The process consists of several stages which in turn introduce big transmission delay; and (b) it requires additional uplink bandwidth which is significant compared to the ACK packet size. In this paper, the authors propose a new ACK transmission scheme, where ACK packets are combined with a bandwidth request (BR) header. Through simulation, it is demonstrated that the proposed scheme reduces the overheads of TCP-ACK transmissions effectively.     

服务感知的移动P2P流媒体系统视频片调度算法

与有线网络相比,目前移动互联网的带宽普遍较低.这种情况下,如果移动P2P流媒体系统中用户节点上行带宽的利用率不高,将会极大地加重视频源服务器的负载,增加播放延时.为了充分地利用移动节点的上行带宽,缩短播放延时,文中提出了服务感知的视频片调度算法,它由请求算法和服务算法两部分组成.请求节点会根据最近的服务状况动态地调整请求的片数,减少服务拥塞的发生.服务节点会根据请求的优先级合理地安排上传顺序,提高服务的效率.仿真结果表明,该算法很好地适应了移动网络带宽低的情况,能够提高上行带宽的利用率,缩短播放延时.     

Performance of packet voice transmission using IEEE 802.16 protocol

The IEEE 802.16 standard defines three types of scheduling services for supporting real-time traffic, unsolicited grant service (UGS), real-time polling service (rtPS), and extended real-time polling service (ertPS). In the UGS service, the base station (BS) offers a fixed amount of bandwidth to a subscriber station (SS) periodically, and the SS does not have to make any explicit bandwidth requests. The bandwidth allocation in the rtPS service is updated periodically in the way that the BS periodically polls the SS, which makes a bandwidth request at the specified uplink time slots and receives a bandwidth grant in the following downlink subframe. In the ertPS service, the BS keeps offering the same amount of bandwidth to the SS unless explicitly requested by the SS. The SS makes a bandwidth request only if its required transmission rate changes. In this article we study the performance of voice packet transmissions and BS resource utilization using the three types of scheduling services in IEEE 802.16-based backhaul networks, where each SS forwards packets for a number of voice connections. Our results demonstrate that while the UGS service achieves the best latency performance, the rtPS service can more efficiently utilize the BS resource and flexibly trade-off between packet transmission performance and BS resource allocation efficiency; and appropriately choosing the MAC frame size is important in both the rtPS and ertPS services to reduce packet transmission delay and loss rate     

An uplink CDMA system architecture with diverse QoS guarantees forheterogeneous traffic

The uplink access control problems for cellular code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems that service heterogeneous traffic with various types of quality-of-service (QoS) and use multicode CDMA to support variable bit rates are addressed. Considering its distinct QoS requirements, class-I real-time traffic (e.g., voice and video) is differentiated from class-II non-real-time traffic (e.g., data). Connection-oriented transmission is achieved by assigning mobile-oriented code channels for class-I traffic, where each corresponding mobile needs to pass an admission test. Class-II traffic is transmitted in a best-effort manner through a transmission-rate request access scheme which utilizes the bandwidth left unused by class-I traffic. Whenever a mobile has class-II messages to transmit, the mobile requests code channels via a base station-oriented transmission-request code channel, then, according to the base station scheduling, the transmission is scheduled and permitted. Addressed are the admission test for class-I connections, transmission power allocation, and how to maximize the aggregate throughput for class-II traffic. The admission region of voice and video connections and the optimum target signal-to-interference ratio of class-II traffic are derived numerically. The performance of class-II traffic transmissions in terms of average delay is also evaluated and discussed     

TCP-aware bidirectional bandwidth allocation in IEEE 802.16 networks

In this paper, we propose a bidirectional bandwidth-allocation mechanism to improve TCP performance in the IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access networks. By coupling the bandwidth allocation for uplink and downlink connections, the proposed mechanism increases the throughput of the downlink TCP flow and it enhances the efficiency of uplink bandwidth allocation for the TCP acknowledgment (ACK). According to the IEEE 802.16 standard, when serving a downlink TCP flow, the transmission of the uplink ACK, which is performed over a separate unidirectional connection, incurs additional bandwidth-request/allocation delay. Thus, it increases the round trip time of the downlink TCP flow and results in the decrease of throughput accordingly. First, we derive an analytical model to investigate the effect of the uplink bandwidth-request/allocation delay on the downlink TCP throughput. Second, we propose a simple, yet effective, bidirectional bandwidth-allocation scheme that combines proactive bandwidth allocation with piggyback bandwidth request. The proposed scheme reduces unnecessary bandwidth-request delay and the relevant signaling overhead due to proactive allocation; meanwhile, it maintains high efficiency of uplink bandwidth usage by using piggyback request. Moreover, our proposed scheme is quite simple and practical; it can be simply implemented in the base station without requiring any modification in the subscriber stations or resorting to any cross-layer signaling mechanisms. The simulation results ascertain that the proposed approach significantly increases the downlink TCP throughput and the uplink bandwidth efficiency.     

Efficient Uplink Bandwidth Request with Delay Regulation for Real-Time Service in Mobile WiMAX Networks

The emerging broadband wireless access technology based on IEEE 802.16 is one of the most promising solutions to provide ubiquitous wireless access to the broadband service at low cost. This paper proposes an efficient uplink bandwidth request-allocation algorithm for real-time services in Mobile WiMAX networks based on IEEE 802.16e. In order to minimize bandwidth wastage without degrading quality of service (QoS), we introduce a notion of target delay and propose dual feedback architecture. The proposed algorithm calculates the amount of bandwidth request such that the delay is regulated around the desired level to minimize delay violation and delay jitter for real-time services. Also, it can increase utilization of wireless channel by making use of dual feedback, where the bandwidth request is adjusted based on the information about the backlogged amount of traffic in the queue and the rate mismatch between packet arrival and service rates. Due to the target delay and dual feedback, the proposed scheme can control delay and allocate bandwidth efficiently while satisfying QoS requirement. The stability of the proposed algorithm is analyzed from a control-theoretic viewpoint, and a simple design guideline is derived based on this analysis. By implementing the algorithm in OPNET simulator, its performance is evaluated in terms of queue regulation, optimal bandwidth allocation, delay controllability, and robustness to traffic characteristics.     

A satellite switched CDMA system for fixed service communications

Satellite-switched code-division multiple access is a system proposed for geostationary fixed satellite service. SS/CDMA provides both multiple access and switching to a multibeam satellite. In this article we present the system architecture and performance. The SS/CDMA consist of the common air interface (CAI) and the onboard code switching mechanism. The CAI provides signaling control and traffic channels. Traffic channel access and modulation is based on a spectrally efficient CDMA scheme. The satellite code-division switch (CDS) routes calls from an uplink to a downlink beam without onboard demodulation and channel decoding. This system operates with demand assignment control; that is, channel bandwidth and switch connections are only assigned per user request. The system can offer a wide variety of bit rates with wireline quality of service. The services provided are circuit-switched calls for voice data and video, and packet-switched for data. As shown, the proposed SE-CDMA can achieve high capacity and very low bit error rates at low signal-to-noise ratio. Also, the innovative switching technique can provide low complexity and achieve high throughput for all services     

无线宽带通信系统的上行带宽资源分配方案

提出了一种适用于宽带无线通信系统的上行无线带宽资源分配方案。在详细描述算法的基础上，建立了对应的仿真系统对算法进行验证。该方案较好地解决了多业务并发时的上行带宽分配问题。兼顾了不同实时业务对时延和带宽的不同需求，与传统技术相比较，提高了带宽利用率，并减少了协议开销和传输时延。     

机器类通信中基于NOMA短编码块传输的高可靠低迟延无线资源分配优化方案

针对机器类通信(MTC)应用场景的业务特征和服务质量(QoS)要求,该文考虑基于非正交多址(NOMA)的MTC中短分组/短编码块传输,探讨MTC中基于NOMA的高可靠低迟延无线资源优化问题。首先,上行传输是基于NOMA的MTC通信的瓶颈,考虑无线蜂窝网络中支持NOMA和高可靠低迟延性能要求,该文建立了上行无线资源优化的系统模型;然后,分析上行传输迟延,导出基于距离的链路可靠性函数;进一步,以迟延、可靠性和带宽为约束下条件,提出一种最大化中心用户和速率的无线资源分配算法,并给出算法的收敛性证明和复杂度分析;最后,实验仿真验证了所提算法的性能优势。     

Combined code reuse scheme with two‐dimensional OVSF codes assignment algorithm for uplink multi‐user/multi‐rate block spread multi‐cellular CDMA

The two‐dimensional (2D) block spread code division multiple access (CDMA) can avoid the uplink multiple‐access interference with low‐complexity single‐user detection in a slow fading channel and, therefore, is very attractive. In the 2D spreading, orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) is used for spreading; an important problem is how to efficiently assign the limited resource of OVSF codes to users with different data rates, while meeting the requirement of quality of service in a multi‐cell environment. In this paper, it is shown that the code reuse can improve the code reuse efficiency and the proposed code reuse scheme combined with code assignment algorithm can allow flexible multi‐rate uplink transmission. The computer simulation confirms that the proposed code assignment algorithm improves the code reuse efficiency while achieving lower blocking probability than traditional CDMA. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

FDD-WCDMA标准性能研究

本文主要从无线链路预算、移动台发射功率、小区用户最大容量等几个方面对FDD-WCDMA无线接入标准进行了探讨.3G移动通信网应以提供移动因特网业务为主,纯CDMA方式的FDD-WCDMA系统上下行用户容量基本相等,将造成上行频道带宽资源的浪费,并使系统成本上升.ITU选择2GHz频段作为车载移动通信频段是勉为其难的,又将其FDD部分对称分配给上、下行物理信道也是不合理的.     

Energy Efficient Scalable Sub-band based Ultra-Wideband System

In this paper, a scalable sub-band ultra-wideband (S-SUWB) system is proposed. The technique provides scope for using the ultra-wideband bandwidth efficiently by exploiting the available link margin for short range communications with medium data rates. The bandwidth of 500 MHz or more is divided into a fixed number of sub-bands. The data transmission scheme over multiple sub-bands can be designed to achieve higher data rate or higher reliability while providing multiuser support in both uplink and downlink communications. The proposed system provides enhanced scalability by the efficient utilization of the code-frequency dimensions. Sub-banding in conjunction with orthogonal spreading code facilitates transmission of plurality of data streams within a sub-band and along sub-bands for each user. Very importantly, the proposed system incorporates methods at the receiver facilitating low power receiver designs. Primarily, S-SUWB enables reduced sampling rate receiver designs significantly reducing the power consumption. Also, the spreading code based sub-band selection method obviates the need for individual down-conversion and filtering of the sub-bands thus reducing the complexity. Moreover, an interference rejection filtering (IRF) method incorporated into the despreading process is proposed to improve the performance without significantly increasing the receiver complexity. The simulation results in terms of the bit error rate performance of the scalable multiuser S-SUWB transceiver for the IEEE 802.15.4a channel models are presented demonstrating the usefulness of the proposed scheme. Performance improvements with the use of the IRF and also multi-user results are presented. The results indicate the desirable performance is obtained using the energy efficient techniques for low and medium delay spread channels even without the use of any equalization method.     

Channel-aware priority-based groupwise packet scheduling for non-real time data service with burst-switching DS/CDMA system

The algorithm of scheduling scheme of channel-aware priority-based groupwise transmission is investigated for non-real time data service for the uplink direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) system using the burst-switching scheme to support the integrated voice/data service. The proposed scheme optimally determines the transmission-time groups and assigns optimal data rates to the users with packets in the transmission-time group depending on priority metric, which involves several parameters such as delay threshold, waiting time, length of packet, and state of the channel, in a way of minimizing the average transmission delay. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm gives better performance of average transmission delay and packet loss probability than any other conventional algorithms.     

Adaptive packet scheduling for the uplink traffic in IEEE 802.16e networks

IEEE 802.16e is a telecommunication standard technology designed to support a wide variety of multimedia applications. It defines five service classes, each one with its respective QoS requirements, but does not define the scheduling algorithm for these service classes. In this paper, an adaptive packet scheduling algorithm for the uplink traffic in IEEE 802.16e networks is proposed. This algorithm is designed to be completely dynamic, mainly in networks that use various modulation and coding schemes (MCSs). The algorithm is applied directly to the bandwidth request queues in the base station (BS) and aims at supporting the real‐time and non‐real‐time applications. Using a cross‐layer approach and the states of the bandwidth request queues in the BS, a new deadlines based scheme was defined, aiming at limiting the maximum delay to the real‐time applications. Moreover, this algorithm interacts with the polling management mechanisms of the BS and controls the periodicity of sending unicast polling to the real‐time and non‐real‐time service connections, in accordance with the QoS requirements of the applications. The proposed algorithm was evaluated by means of modeling and simulation in environments where various MCSs were used and also in environments where only one type of modulation was used. The simulations showed satisfactory results in both environments. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Power-efficient cache management schemes for mobile client-server environments

To conserve the battery capacity of mobile terminals and manage uplink bandwidth effectively, power-efficient cache management schemes that can be used in mobile environments are proposed. With the proposed schemes, the number of redundant data request messages for identical data decreases significantly compared with conventional cache management schemes.     

A dynamic bandwidth allocation scheme for differentiated services in EPONs

Passive optical networks bring high-speed broadband access via fiber to the business, curb and home. Among various types of PONs, Ethernet PONs are gaining more and more attention since they are built on widely used Ethernet technology and can offer high bandwidth, low cost and broad services. EPONs use a point-to-multipoint topology, in which multiple optical network units share one uplink channel to transmit multimedia traffic to a control element, the optical line terminal. To avoid data collision on the shared uplink channel, a key issue in EPONs is a contention-free MAC protocol for the OLT to schedule the transmission order of different ONUs. In this article we first review some DBA schemes available in the literature, then propose a two-layer bandwidth allocation scheme that implements weight based priority for this need. To maximally satisfy the requests of all ONUs and provide differentiated services, an ONU is allowed to request bandwidth for all its available traffic, and all traffic classes proportionally share the bandwidth based on their instantaneous demands. The weight set for each class not only prevents high-priority traffic from monopolizing the bandwidth under heavy load but also ensures a minimum bandwidth allocated to each traffic class.     

Capacity analysis of an uplink synchronized multicarrier DS-CDMAsystem

An uplink synchronous transmission scheme has been proposed for DS-CDMA systems to increase the uplink capacity through transmission timing control and a proper code usage. Since the scheme suppresses the interference along the first paths of other users, it can achieve a significant capacity increase when combined with a multicarrier (MC) technique. This article mathematically compares the proposed uplink synchronized MC DS-CDMA system with conventional DS-CDMA and MC DS-CDMA systems in terms of the maximum number of users     

CDMA/TDD system for wireless multimedia services with trafficunbalance between uplink and downlink

This paper proposes a code division multiple access (CDMA) time division duplex (TDD) system for wireless multimedia services with traffic unbalance between uplink and downlink. In the proposed system, the number of uplink time slots in a TDD frame differs from that of downlink. Moreover, the difference can be reset by the network operator according to the traffic pattern. We evaluate the performance of the proposed system under multimedia environment using Markov analysis and computer simulation. The results show that the frequency utilization is maximized even when the uplink and downlink traffic volumes are unbalanced. This, in turn, reduces drastically the blocking rate of multimedia calls (connections) in the proposed system compared with that in the traditional CDMA systems where the uplink and downlink use equal bandwidth     

Network Synchronization of an Orthogonal CDMA Satellite Communication System

This paper provides the network synchronization of an orthogonal CDMA geostationary satellite system for fixed service communications. It includes the synchronization procedures, the system architecture and the performance evaluation. The main objective is to provide network wide synchronization of all uplink orthogonal CDMA transmissions. This is achieved in steps; first by providing coarse synchronization using the uplink random access channel and then fine sync using innovative tracking control mechanisms. The uplink access channel receiver utilize a parallel/serial search method for rapid code acquisition, while the code tracking of the uplink orthogonal CDMA traffic channel is based on a delay feedback early-late gate in which the sych control resides in the receiver. The proposed system is designed to minimize the onboard complexity and satisfy the performance requirements. As shown in the performance section, the requirement that all uplink transmissions are synchronized to a reference time within 10% of the chip length can be achieved. In addition, the system analysis determines the design parameters values which optimize performance.