ADAPTIVE POWER ALLOCATION AND

CALL ADMISSION CONTROL IN

MULTISERVICE WIMAX ACCESS NETWORKS

IEEE Wireless Communications February 2007

Radio Resource Management And Protocol
Engineering For IEEE 802.16

Reporter 陳宗涵

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 Outline

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Wimax Downlink APA Optimization
4. Deploying CAC In Wimax Access Networks
5. The Cooperation Between APA and CAC
6. Conclusions

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 Abstract

From a technical viewpoint, WiMAX is a feasible

alternative to the wired internet access
solutions such as cable modem and DSL

From the commercial viewpoint, whether the

promise of WiMAX will be materialized still
depends on its revenue rate to telecom
operators and its service quality to the
subscribers

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 Introduction

The choice of broadband Internet access

T1 、 ADSL 、 CABLE

However, these wired infrastructures can be considerably

more expensive and time consuming to deploy than
wireless ones

WiMAX, an IEEE 802.16 standardized wireless technology

10Km
single-channel data rate of up to 75 Mb/s on both the uplink and
downlink.
use multiple WiMAX channels for a single transmission to reach a
bandwidth of up to 350 Mb/s.

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 Introduction

WiMAX technology supports both mesh and

point-to-multipoint (PMP) networks.

mesh network is usually used for

constructing wide-area wireless backhaul
network

PMP network aims at providing the last-mile

access to a broadband ISP.

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Second level
● Third level

● Fourth level

● Fifth level

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 Introduction

Transmission
OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing)
OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple
access)

Duplex
FDD (Frequency Division Duplex)
TDD (Time Division Duplex)
TDD is more flexible

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 Introduction

As one of the most expected features,

WiMAX is supposed to have the capability of
accommodating a variety of traffics,
including data transfer, voice, and video.
WiMAX Forum define
Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS)
Real-Time Polling Service (rtPS)
Non-Real-Time Polling Service (nrtPS)
Best Effort (BE)

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 Introduction

This article addresses two resource

management mechanisms in WiMAX access
networks

Adaptive power allocation (APA)

Call admission control (CAC)

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 Wimax Downlink APA
Optimization

The WiMAX uplink and downlink

transmission can be optimized by APA,
which allows the transmitter to grant
different power levels to different
subcarriers according to the channel state
information from the physical layer

The service providers usually expect a

power allocation scheme that produces
optimal revenue.

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 Wimax Downlink APA
Optimization

To investigate the APA revenue of a certain

scheme, we define the revenue rate of each
type of service as the revenue generated by
a bandwidth unit. We let rerUGS, rerrtPS,
rernrtPS, and rerBE be the revenue rates of
the following
Unsolicited Grant Service
Real-Time Polling Service
Non-Real-Time Polling Service
Best-Effort Service

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 Wimax Downlink APA
Optimization

arriving downlink traffic load in subscriber k's local network

traffic load can generate potential revenue in subscriber k's

local network

revenue-to-bandwidth ratio of the kth subscriber

The optimal revenue-criterion-based APA allocate more

power resource to the subcarriers that belong to the
subscriber of high revenue-to-bandwidth ratio.

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 Wimax Downlink APA
Optimization

This consideration leads to fairness-constrained

optimal revenue criterion

Simulation
OFDMA
32 subscribers
BS-SS distances → 2 to 10 km
Power level → MQAM
● M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation
is 80%
In our simulation, the channel is assumed to have a bad-urban (BU)
delay profile [Principles of Mobile Communication]

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Optimization

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 Deploying CAC In Wimax Access
Networks

To handle a multiservice WiMAX access

network, it is very important to employ the
CAC mechanism.

CAC is a crucial step for the provision of QoS

guaranteed service, because it can prevent
the system capacity from being overused.

We suppose a CAC manager is placed in a

WiMAX base station.

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Networks

1. When an application in subscriber k's local

network initiates a connection to the Internet, it
sends connection request to the CAC manager
with upstream bandwidth requirement bU and
downstream bandwidth requirement bD.
2. the CAC manager employs uplink CAC policy
and downlink CAC policy to make admission
tests on the uplink and downlink separately,
and only the connection request passing both
admission tests can be accepted eventually

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Networks

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Second level
● Third level

● Fourth level

● Fifth level

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Networks

From the perspective of service provider, the

admission control policy that produces
optimal revenue is desired.

From the perspective of WiMAX subscribers,

the admission control policy of optimal utility
is expected, since it can produce the
maximum access bandwidth.

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 The Cooperation Between APA
and CAC

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 Conclusion

Since the current standardization activities

of IEEE 802.16 leave service providers a
chance to have their own selections in these
two technical aspects, distinct designing
criteria that follows can be chosen.

From the perspective of service providers,

optimal revenue is the major concern of
both APA and CAC design

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 Conclusion

From the perspective of subscribers, fairness

is the requirement of APA design, while
optimal utility is the requirement of CAC
design.

To successfully deploy a commercial WiMAX

system, we have to take into account the
demands of both service providers and
subscribers.

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