Performance analysis of the IEEE standard 802.16a using QualNet simulator / Fuzi Yunus

The IEEE 802.16a standard is amendment of the IEEE 802.16 standard. It emerged as a broadband wireless access technology; promise to deliver high data rates over large areas to a large number of users in the near future. The aim of the project is to analyze the performance of the bandwidth used on the downlink for base station in the IEEE 802.16a standard. The analysis will involve result from the simulation of the standard model using the QualNet Simulator environment and theory. The concepts of the model involved in a simulator are to improve our understanding regarding the usage of this standard in wireless network. Implementation within the simulator implies to firstly build basic blocks, which are the basis for more advanced features, and then implement the model step by step up to a working solution. Finally, a direction for simulator improvement and simulation optimisation concludes the project, which has managed to provide a working, realistic implementation of the IEEE 802.16a standard into the QualNet simulator. Then, based on extensive simulations, this project presents the realistic attainable throughput/bandwidth expected WiMAX compatible systems based on the IEEE802.16a standard in various scenarios.