WIMAX: BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS

Wireless Networks Spring 2007

Presented by K.Viswanath (06M51A0230)

802.16 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

Use

wireless links with microwave or millimeter wave radios

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10-66 GHz 802.16a extension to 2-11 GHz

Use

licensed spectrum (unlicensed too in 802.16a) Metropolitan in scale Provide public network service to fee-paying customers Point-to-multipoint architecture with rooftop or tower-mounted antennas

802.16 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

Provide

efficient transport of Heterogeneous traffic supporting QoS Capable of broadband transmissions (2-75 Mbps)

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Accommodate both continuous and bursty traffic

Mobile

extensions: 802.16e

IEEE 802.16 PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE

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PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE
Physical

layer functions:
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Encoding/decoding of signals Preamble generation/removal Bit transmission/reception

Medium

access control layer functions:

On transmission, assemble data into a frame with address and error detection fields On reception, disassemble frame, and perform address recognition and error detection Govern access to the wireless transmission medium

PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE

Convergence layer functions:

Encapsulate PDU framing of upper layers into native 802.16 MAC/PHY frames Map upper layers addresses into 802.16 addresses Translate upper layer QoS parameters into native 802.16 MAC format Adapt time dependencies of upper layer traffic into equivalent MAC service

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IEEE 802.16 SERVICES

Digital audio/video multicast Digital telephony ATM Internet protocol Bridged LAN Back-haul Frame relay

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BURST PROFILES
Each

subscriber station negotiates a burst profile with the base station Burst profiles decided based on QoS needs and channel conditions

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Harsher environment demands more robust profiles Favorable environment allows efficient profiles

PHYSICAL LAYER: UPLINK

Stations

transmit in in their assigned allocation specified in an initial map Uplink sub-frame may also contain contention-based allocations for initial system access Uses a DAMA-TDMA technique Error correction uses Reed-Solomon codes Modulation scheme based on QPSK, 16QAM or 64-QAM

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PHYSICAL LAYER: DOWNLINK

Continuous

downstream mode
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For continuous transmission (audio/video) Simple TDM scheme is used for channel access Frequency division duplex (FDD)
Burst

downstream mode

For bursty transmission (IP-based traffic) DAMA-TDMA scheme for channel access FDD with adaptive modulation, frequency shift division duplexing (FSDD), time division duplexing (TDD)

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC)

Connection-oriented

All services inherently connectionless mapped to a connection

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Connections referenced using a 16-bit connection identifier (CID) Management channels and transport channels for contracted services

RADIO LINK CONTROL

Power

control and paging Transition among burst profiles Downlink burst profile change

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Subscriber station monitors downlink quality Requests a new profile Granted if base station judges possible

Uplink

profile change

Base station monitors the uplink signal quality Specifies the new profiles usage code when granting subscriber bandwidth in a frame

BANDWIDTH REQUESTS & GRANTS

Two

kinds of subscribers
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Grant per connection (GPC) Grant per subscriber (GPSS)

Both

classes request bandwidth per connection for QoS guarantees For GPC, bandwidth explicitly guaranteed to connection For GPSS, bandwidth aggregated into a single grant for SS

REQUESTING BANDWIDTH
Unsolicited

grants
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No need to request bandwidth for services that generate fixed units of data periodically Negotiated at connection setup time

Send

a bandwidth request MAC packet Piggyback request within MAC data packet Polling by base station

MAC MANAGEMENT MESSAGES

Uplink

and downlink channel descriptor Uplink and downlink access definition Ranging request and response Registration request, response and acknowledge Privacy key management request and response Dynamic service addition request, response and acknowledge

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