Capacity Evaluation for IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX

Table 10

Example of capacity evaluation using a simple scheduler.

Parameters	Mobile TV	VoIP	Data (Web)
MAC SDU size with header (bytes)	984.5	21.0	1,208.2
Data rate (kbps) with upper layer headers	350.4	5.6	14.6
(a) DL
Bytes/5  millisecond frame per user (DL)	219.0	3.5	9.1
Number of fragmentation subheaders	1	1	1
Number of packing subheaders	0	0	0
DL data slots per user with MAC header + packing and fragmentation subheaders	38	2	3
Total slots per user	46	18	19
(Data + DL-MAP IE + UL-MAP IE)
Number of users (DL)	9	35	33
(b) UL
Bytes/5  millisecond frame per user (UL)	0.0	3.5	0.1
number of fragmentation subheaders	0	1	1
number of packing subheaders	0	0	0
UL data slots per user with MAC header + packing and fragmentation subheaders	0	2	2
Number of users (UL)	8	87	87
Number of users (min of UL and DL)	9	35	33
Number of users with silence suppression	9	70	33