Author : Natasha David, Rajeev Paulus, A.K Jaiswal and Ashish Xavier Das

Broadband wireless communication in Metropolitan Area Networks is done through the IEEE 802.16 standard, also known as Wi-MAX. To achieve a good and efficient Quality of Service (QoS) in a Wi-MAX network, rate allocation is necessary. Rate allocation also provides fairness among the users. In this paper, we propose performance evaluation of Wi-MAX network based on transmission rate. By the simulation results, we deduce that the proposed scheme reduces the average delay and improves the average throughput. The Qualnet 6.1 Simulator was used to carry out the simulation.

Keywords: IEEE 802.16 (WIMAX), QoS, Qualnet, Transmission Rate.

Article published in International Journal of Current  Engineering  and Technology, Vol.4,No.2 (April- 2014)