AVOIDING PACKET LOSS IN GATEWAY REALLOCATION IN MOBILE WIMAX NETWORKS

Gateway reallocation algorithms are proposed to increase the capacity of WiMAX networks to serve more users. But most of the proposed solutions don’t consider the momentary packet loss occurring during the reallocation process. This momentary packet loss can also affect the application quality of service. In this work, I propose an efficient adaptive buffering strategy to avoid this packet loss in the network. Through simulation I prove that the approach is effective against momentary packet loss during the gateway reallocation process