Location management area (LMA)-based MBS handover in mobile WiMAX systems

Hoon Lee Ji, Kwon Taekyoung, Choi Yanghee, Sangheon Pack

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Abstract

Mobile WiMAX aims to provide multimedia multicast/broadcast service (MBS) as well as elastic data service. However, supporting delay sensitive applications like video/audio streaming is still challenging, which requires both efficient handling of link bandwidth and reducing handover delays. To reduce the handover delay in MBS, the IEEE 802.16e standard defines an MBS zone, which is a group of base stations transmitting the same multicast packets. This delay reduction comes at the cost of the high MBS traffic load on Mobile WiMAX networks. In this paper, we propose a location management area (LMA)based MBS handover, dealing with both the bandwidth usage and service disruption. We develop an analytical model to quantify the handover delay and wireless bandwidth usage. Numerical results reveal that the LMA-based handover scheme achieves bandwidth efficient multicast delivery with a slight increase of the average service disruption.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication3rd IEEE/Create-Net International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages341-348
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781424417971
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event3rd IEEE/Create-Net International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE - Bangalore, India
Duration: 6 Jan 200810 Jan 2008

Publication series

Name3rd IEEE/Create-Net International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE/Create-Net International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBangalore
Period6/01/0810/01/08

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