WiMAX simulation module with management architecture and signaling exchanges

  • Authors:
  • Mohamed Kassab;Jean-Marie Bonnin;Mohamed Mahdi

  • Affiliations:
  • Université européenne de Bretagne, France;Université européenne de Bretagne, France;France Telecom R&D, Lannion, France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Fourth International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) has drawn tremendous interest from researchers as it is a very promising wireless access technology. Newly developed protocols need to be tested, evaluated and readjusted before becoming operative. In this paper, we present new WiMAX model for SimulX simulator. The originality of this module is the implementation of the management architecture and the signaling exchanges defined by the WiMAX technology. As SimulX is well suited for the simulation of next generation wireless networks, the proposed module will enable the evaluation of WiMAX as a part of these networks. We validate the proposed module based on results of simulation tests, which we compare with theoretical evaluation of the technology.