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802.16 2001 MAC layer QoS

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This paper reviews 802.16 2001's MAC layer QoS metric. It explains the importance of QoS and its parameter set; defines types of services supported by this standard; explores the main entity of the MAC layer used for transportation that is service flow and how the QoS metric is associated with it, as well as the relationship of service class and service flow. It further explains the authorization model and two phase activation. In the end it explains dynamic service flow and dynamic service messages in detail

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{1} IEEE 802.16-2001. IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan area networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Wireless Access Systems.
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{2} Intel Technology Journal "IEEE 802.16 Medium Access Control and Service Provisioning".
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{3} "802.16 Tackles Broadband Wireless QoS Issues" by Mario Pidutti
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{4} MAC and PHY MIB for WirelessMAN and WirelessHUMAN BS and SS

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cover image Ubiquity
Ubiquity  Volume 2006, Issue May
May 2006
26 pages
EISSN:1530-2180
DOI:10.1145/1140629
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 May 2006
Published in UBIQUITY Volume 2006, Issue May

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