Design of Scheduling Algorithm for QoS Management on WiMAX Networks

Abstract The apparition of high speed networks and the fast evolution of communication offer currently an unlimited access to an important number of applications. The applications constraints (videoconferencing, communications, VoIP, applications multimedia, etc…) are more complex for wireless systems because they require more constraints: high throughput, low packet loss, low latencies and gigue delays. All present flows in the WiMAX network must share the same medium capacity. Therefore, WiMAX is required to fulfill QoS requirements of any application and information passing over the network. Several mechanisms for QoS management have been studied, among these mechanisms there is an appropriate scheduler implementation for packets carried on WiMAX network which can increase QoS achievement possibility.WiMAX module used in our simulation deploys scheduling algorithms (FIFO, FQ, DRR, and WFQ) to deal with packets transmission. This paper is aimed at evaluating these algorithms in relation with WiMAX network performance. Performance metrics reported in this work are packet loss, throughput, and average delay. This paper tries to design an architecture which is able to convey the data belonging to various classes of traffic that guarantee their respective needs. Simulation results can show the performance of scheduling schemes used in this architecture