The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication (한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지)

The Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication (한국인터넷방송통신학회)
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Comparative study of an integrated QoS in WLAN and WiMAX

WLAN과 WiMAX에서의 연동 서비스 품질 비교 연구

  • 왕야 (공주대학교 대학원 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 장효뢰 (공주대학교 대학원 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 전웨이웨이 ;
  • 기장근 (공주대 전기전자제어공학부) ;
  • 이규대 (공주대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Received : 2010.05.08
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

This paper addressed the implementation of the systematic performance analysis of Quality of Service (QoS) by using OPNET simulator in the interworking architecture of IEEE 802.16e (mobile WiMAX) and IEEE 802.11e (WLAN) wireless network. Four simulation cases were provided in OPNET simulator and a voice traffic was simulated with various performance metrics, such as Mean Opinion Score (MOS), end-to-end delay and packet transmission ratio. Based on the simulation results, the MOS value presented better in WiMAX to WiMAX case compared to others in both static and mobility case. Meanwhile, end-to-end delay was not greatly affected by mobility in four cases. However, mobility was affected much in MOS value and packet transmission ratio in WLAN to WLAN case than in others.

본 논문에서는 OPNET 시뮬레이터를 사용하여 IEEE 802.16e(모바일 WiMAX)와 IEEE 802.11e(WLAN) 무선망 상호접속 구조에서의 서비스품질에 대한 체계적 성능분석을 수행하였다. OPNET 시뮬레이터를 이용해 4가지 이동 시나리오에서 음성 트래픽을 인가하는 경우에 대한 시뮬레이션이 수행되었으며, MOS값, 종단간 지연시간, 패킷 전달률 등과 같은 다양한 성능지표들이 분석되었다. 시뮬레이션 결과 MOS 값의 경우 단말이 정지/이동하는 두 경우 모두 WiMAX ${\rightarrow}$ WiMAX 이동 시나리오가 가장 좋은 결과를 보였다. 반면에 종단간 지연시간은 4가지 이동 시나리오 모두 단말의 이동에 의해 크게 영향을 받지 않았다. 그러나 특히 WLAN ${\rightarrow}$ WLAN 이동 시나리오의 경우 단말의 이동성은 MOS값과 패킷 전달률에 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

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