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Table 2 Default attribute values used in the simulation.

From: On Adaptive Contention Resolution Schemes for IEEE 802.16 BWA Systems

Parameter

Value

MAC layer

Channel capacity

32 Mbps(QPSK)

Number of subchannels

30

Symbol rate

16 Megabaud

Slot size

1 byte

Frame duration

4 ms

Physical slots per frame

4000

Downlink/uplink ratio

Ranging opps. Per frame

12 OFDMA symbols

Number of ranging retry

16

Bandwidth request opp. per frame

12 OFDMA symbols

Number of bandwidth request retry

6

Backoff start value

4

Backoff end value

10

Initial ranging CID

0

Basic CIDs

1–1000

Primary CIDs

1001–2000

Threshold

512

System time

OFDMA symbol time

100.84 

OFDMA frame length

5 ms

Ranging interval interval

1210.08 

Bandwidth request interval

1210.08 

TTG

200 

RTG

200 

T1-T26

As defined in IEEE 802.16 standard

Physical layer

Spectrum

5.0 GHz

Bandwidth

5 MHz

Simulation topology

Offered traffic load

0.12 Mbps

QPSK 1/2

4.99 Mbps

QPSK 3/4

7.48 Mbps

16-QAM 1/2

9.97 Mbps

16-QAM 3/4

14.96 Mbps

64-QAM 2/3

19.95 Mbps

64-QAM 3/4

22.44 Mbps

QPSK 1/2

−79 dBm

QPSK 3/4

−76 dBm

16-QAM 1/2

−72 dBm

16-QAM 3/4

−69 dBm

64-QAM 2/3

−65 dBm

64-QAM 3/4

−63 dBm