WiMAX／802．16技术浅析与应用展望

近几年刚兴起的WiMAX／802．16无线宽带接入技术兼具了移动化、宽带化、IP化等特点，被认为是一项极具发展潜力的无线接入技术，已经成为通信领域的研究热点。WiMAX／802．16技术传输距离远、数据传输速率高、服务质量（QoS）机制完善、数据安全性更高等优势，IEEE802．16d／e支持固定、游牧、便携、简单移动和全移动场景。WiMAX／802．16技术具体应用领域广阔，具有巨大市场发展前景。     

EPS系统中业务流模板硬件加速器设计

为了提供用户差异化服务体验,更好地保证端到端的QoS机制,EPS系统支持通过EPS承载对分组数据进行传送,有效地实现QoS参数之间的映射。通过对业务流模板(TFT)的研究,针对移动终端软件实现上行IP分组包与数据无线承载(DRB)的绑定过程中,存在影响终端速率和耗占系统资源的弊端,提出TFT功能硬化方案,提高IP分组包与UL_PF匹配速率,减少IP分组包与EPS承载的绑定及处理时间,最终实现IP数据在EPS承载上传输。     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用

[编者按]作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注.它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有广泛的应用前景.本讲座分3期对该技术进行介绍:第1期介绍了WiMAX及IEEE802.16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;本期讲述WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;第3期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构、组网模式及其应用,并分析其未来发展趋势.     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用(3)

作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注。它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有广泛的应用前景。本讲座分3期对该技术进行介绍:第1期介绍了WiMAX及IEEE802.16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;第2期讲述了WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;本期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构及其主要应用,并分析其未来发展趋势。     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用

作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注。它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有厂泛的应用前景。本讲座分3期对该技术进行介绍：第1期介绍了WiMAX及IEEE 802．16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;第2期讲述了WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;本期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构及其主要应用,并分析其未来发展趋势。     

WiMAX应用潜力分析

文章分析了WiMAX在固定宽带无线接入场合和便携、移动通信场合的应用前景.文章认为:在固定宽带无线通信中,WiMAX会广泛应用于家庭用户、IP语音用户、传输承载用户和集团客户,为他们提供宽带无线接入;在便携、移动通信中,IEEE802.16即将集成到笔记本电脑和个人数字助理(PDA)等便携式电子设备中,实现在城域网范围内的可移动的宽带无线数据服务;用户需求加上WiMAX设备的批量上市及终端成本的下降,WiMAX的应用潜力巨大,市场将呈几何级增长.     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用

作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注。它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有广泛的应用前景。本讲座将分3期对该技术进行介绍：本期介绍WiMAX及IEEE802.16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;第2期将讲述WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;第3期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构、组网模式及其应用,并分析其未来发展趋势。     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用（2）

作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注。它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有广泛的应用前景。本讲座分3期对该技术进行介绍：第1期介绍了WiMAX及IEEE 802.16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;本期讲述WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;第3期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构、组网模式及其应用,并分析其未来发展趋势。     

WiMAX宽带无线接入技术及其应用1

作为一种新兴的宽带无线接入技术,WiMAX近年来受到了业界的普遍关注.它的主要技术特点是传输速率高、覆盖范围大、支持移动性、提供QoS保证并采用基于全IP的网络架构,实现了数据分组化、接入宽带化和终端移动化三者合一,因而具有广泛的应用前景.本讲座将分3期对该技术进行介绍本期介绍WiMAX及IEEE 802.16系列协议的基本特点、协议结构和物理层基本特性及关键技术;第2期将讲述WiMAX技术的MAC层特性及其QoS机制;第3期将介绍WiMAX技术的网络架构、组网模式及其应用,并分析其未来发展趋势.     

分组传送网QoS部署策略研究

在业务IP化、大颗粒化的趋势下,PTN及相关QoS技术因其自身独特的优势将成为各运营商的首选技术。对各类移动网络承载业务特性及其QoS配置进行了分析,并结合案例提出了一套完整的PTN传输网络QoS部署方案。     

Multicast Broadcast Services Support in OFDMA-Based WiMAX Systems [Advances in Mobile Multimedia]

Multimedia stream service provided by broadband wireless networks has emerged as an important technology and has attracted much attention. An all-IP network architecture with reliable high-throughput air interface makes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA)-based mobile worldwide interoperability for microwave access (mobile WiMAX) a viable technology for wireless multimedia services, such as voice over IP (VoIP), mobile TV, and so on. One of the main features in a WiMAX MAC layer is that it can provide'differentiated services among different traffic categories with individual QoS requirements. In this article, we first give an overview of the key aspects of WiMAX and describe multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) architecture of the 3GPP. Then, we propose a multicast and broadcast service (MBS) architecture for WiMAX that is based on MBMS. Moreover, we enhance the MBS architecture for mobile WiMAX to overcome the shortcoming of limited video broadcast performance over the baseline MBS model. We also give examples to demonstrate that the proposed architecture can support better mobility and offer higher power efficiency.     

Providing quality of service in always best connected networks

The next generation of mobile systems is expected to support multiple radio access technologies, as well as diverse types of terminals, including mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and laptops, as well as personal area, moving, and sensor networks. Thus, future wireless systems will not only continue to break technological barriers in terms of new air interface capabilities, higher bit rates, mobility, security, and QoS management, but will present new end-to-end scenarios in which applications access services over multiple L2 hops and multiple IP networks. The term always best connected refers to the concept of defining a set of access selection criteria and mechanisms that allow users to get connected to various services in a nearly optimal manner. Providing QoS in this type of heterogeneous multihop environment is a challenging task because applications may be completely unaware of them scenario and the underlying layer 2 technologies that can be quite different at different hops. For instance, some wireless links may have scarce resources and highly optimized QoS mechanisms; others may not support explicit QoS handling at all. In this article we consider the use of IP-level QoS signaling as a key component to support the end-to-end QoS for various applications. We propose a small set of application programmer- and wirelesslink-friendly IP QoS parameters (wireless hints) and illustrate the use of these in a specific WLAN-to-cellular handover situation. We conclude that the proposed model, signaling protocol, and wireless information elements can efficiently support QoS in heterogeneous mobile environments.     

TD-SCDMA与WiMAX系统的QoS类别分析及映射研究

在介绍了TD-SCDMA与WiMAX系统的QoS体系的基础上,详细分析了两个系统的QoS要求及其业务类别,尤其是考虑了当TD-SCDMA蜂窝移动网络与WiMAX宽带无线网络进行融合时,两种不同的QoS业务类别的映射需求,并提出了一种映射方案。     

Capacity estimation and TCP performance enhancement over mobile WiMAX networks - [WiMAX update]

The mobile WiMAX system is based on IEEE 802.16e, which defines radio interface supporting several classes of Internet Protocol applications and services. While the mobile WiMAX system is being deployed, IEEE 802.16m TG is developing an amendment to the IEEE 802.16e to greatly improve the system performance, and it is focusing not only on the PHY and MAC performance but also on a level of end-to-end performance improvement that includes the scope of the network and application to embrace the strong market request and interest. To evaluate the mobile WiMAX system capacity and performance, all the aspects of performance evaluation ? from air link to application ? are required. For the network and application-level capacity and performance analysis, we first provide an overview of mobile WiMAX systems, especially of the OFDMA/TDD systems of IEEE 802.16e and then describe subscriber and application profiles that include traffic-mix ratio, data-session attempts for applications, diurnal-application traffic distribution, and the application-traffic model. Afterward, the simulation results of network- traffic characteristics and demand estimation are provided. Finally, in the last section, we provide simulation results of end-to-end application performance evaluation using the examples of VoIP and a TCP/IP performance-enhancement method that can be implemented in the mobile WiMAX MAC or MAC/IP cross layer.     

一种多出口的WiMAX Mesh回程网络资源调度算法

由于WiMAX Mesh网络可以有效保证网络的QoS,因此有可能将其应用于电信级的回程网络.本文分析了WiMAX Mesh网络的调度机制和单出口 WiMAX Mesh网络存在的问题,提出了一种多出口WiMAX Mesh网络组网方案,在该方案的基础上提出了全局最优的调度算法,并给出了把该算法应用到实际WiMAX Mesh网络中的详细步骤.本文对具有20个和50个SS节点的Mesh网络进行了仿真,对算法的性能和效果进行了验证.仿真结果表明,本算法可以把调度效率提高53%～70%.     

A DVB/IP QoS aware Backhaul Networking Environment

The paper discusses a DVB/IP backhaul networking environment that enables users to access triple-play IP services at a guaranteed end-to-end QoS level. Utilising the DVB-T stream in a regenerative configuration, it presents the formation of a QoS aware backhaul that interconnects intermediate distribution nodes and service/content providers (e.g. ISPs, IPTV multicasters, etc.), for enabling always-on and triple-play services access, even from rural or dispersed areas. The capability of the proposed QoS aware DVB/IP backhaul networking environment is validated through experimental tests, that were conducted under real transmission/reception conditions at a prototype infrastructure that conforms to the discussed architectural design issues.     

End-to-End Adaptive QoS Provisioning over GPRS Wireless Mobile Network

The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offers performance guaranteed packet data services to mobile users over wireless frequency-division duplex links with time division multiple access, and core packet data networks. This paper presents a dynamic adaptive guaranteed Quality-of-Service (QoS) provisioning scheme over GPRS wireless mobile links by proposing a guaranteed QoS media access control (GQ-MAC) protocol and an accompanying adaptive prioritized-handoff call admission control (AP-CAC) protocol to maintain GPRS QoS guarantees under the effect of mobile handoffs. The GQ-MAC protocol supports bounded channel access delay for delay-sensitive traffic, bounded packet loss probability for loss-sensitive traffic, and dynamic adaptive resource allocation for bursty traffic with peak bandwidth allocation adapted to the current queue length. The AP-CAC protocol provides dynamic adaptive prioritized admission by differentiating handoff requests with higher admission priorities over new calls via a dynamic multiple guard channels scheme, which dynamically adapts the capacity reserved for dealing with handoff requests based on the current traffic conditions in the neighboring radio cells. Integrated services (IntServ) QoS provisioning over the IP/ATM-based GPRS core network is realized over a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) architecture, and mobility is supported over the core network via a novel mobile label-switching tree (MLST) architecture. End-to-end QoS provisioning over the GPRS wireless mobile network is realized by mapping between the IntServ and GPRS QoS requirements, and by extending the AP-CAC protocol from the wireless medium to the core network to provide a unified end-to-end admission control with dynamic adaptive admission priorities.     

WiMAX标准最新进展

概述了WiMAX的发展现状.从固定无线接入空中接口、移动无线接入空中接口以及管理平面相关的标准等方面介绍了IEEE 802.16标准的最新进展情况.进一步阐明了WiMAX的工作重点,包括认证规范与网络规范.     

Performance Evaluation of Video,Voice and Web Traffic Over Heterogeneous Access Networks

By simulation using NS-3 we evaluated the performance of voice, video and web traffic sharing a wireless access network connected to a wired core. We compared the performance in terms of end-to-end delay, end-to-end delay variation, average throughput and loss percentage. For the wireless access network, we considered cases when it consisted of a single technology type, e.g., WiFi (IEEE 802.11), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) and LTE, and when it was heterogeneous, i.e., when the three technologies coexisted and simultaneously shared the same IP core. We attempted to ascertain the impact of this type of heterogeneity on end-to-end performance. It was found that this heterogeneity in the wireless access portion of the network can improve, degrade or have no impact on application performance depending on the network conditions and the application itself. Some key research challenges in Fifth Generation wireless communications are heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks (HC-RANS), backward compatiblity with 4G/3G networks and providing low-latency and QoE. To achieve end-to-end QoS guarantees in such settings the interface with the core must also be addressed, especially when backward compatibility is to be assured. This simulation study attempts to highlight the impact of this type of heterogeneity on network performance.