Scheduling for differentiated traffic types in HSDPA cellular systems

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel packet scheduler for the high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) air interface. In designing the scheduler we take in account two different user types and two distinct traffic classes. Our aim is to differentiate the quality of service and at the same time to achieve a high throughput and a fair allocation of resources among users. The performance of the proposed scheme is compared through simulations with other scheduling techniques (e.g., maximum SIR). This work is the outcome of a joint activity between the University of Siena and CUNY.