With the popularization of mobile wireless networks in recent year, we can expect that the future mobile communication environments will be constructed from networks of different coverages and haracteristics. The integration of WiMAX and femtocell technologies seems to be a feasible option for better and cheaper wireless coverage extension. It is well-known that WiMAX femtocells are currently under development and they are expected to play an important role in the development of indoor broadband wireless access. This hybrid network can exploit the advantages of both technologies to provide ubiquitous services with high quality of service (QoS). Nevertheless, how to efficiently allocate the bandwidth and reduce the interference in heterogeneous WiMAX femtocell networks is still a challenging issue which should be tackled. This paper thus proposes the technique of bandwidth management for integrating WiMAX and femtoceil in heterogeneous wireless networks. The simulation results show that our scheme is effective in terms of performance metrics, including dropping probability of handoff calls, new call blocking probability,throughputs, and bandwidth utilization.
Chenn-Jung Huang You-Jia Chen Po-Chiang Chen Chih-Tai Guan Jia-Jian Liao Yi-Wen Lee Yi-Chen Wu I-Fan Chen Kai-Wen Hu Hong-Xin Chen
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Ta Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Applied Mathematics National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan Department of Applied Mathematics National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, aiwan Department of Computer Science National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan