Scheduler design issues for wireless high-speed data systems

Abstract

To understand the tradeoff between the system throughput and the user fairness, in this paper, two different scheduler design concepts are discussed and evaluated based on the full-buffer data model and finite packet-call-size data model. In finite packet-call-size data model, we will show analytically and by simulation that the system throughput depends on the number of active users and the user's in-slot rates. In order to quantify the impacts, a simulation platform is developed based on IxEV-DO technology.