Jack Anthony Smith

VoIP support using group resource allocation based on the UMB system

It is now clear that the latest evolution of the wireless communication system, for example, the ultra mobile broadband (UMBtrade) system developed in 3GPP2, has significantly increased the packet data efficiency of the system. However, as voice is still a major part of the revenue stream for many operators, voice efficiency is still of prime concern in the industry. A detailed end-to-end scheme for supporting VoIP in the air interface, designated for the UMB system, is described. Full duplex simulations were performed to evaluate the proposed scheme. The results show that the UMB system has significantly improved upon the VoIP capacity. A 5-MHz UMB system can support 320 VoIP users while simultaneously supporting a forward link data throughput of over 2.26 Mbps. Although more of the delay budget was expanded on the reverse link, the system is still reverse link limited.

Efficient Bitmap Signaling for VoIP in OFDMA

The communication system is currently undergoing a convergence to IP services. As a result, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) will be commonplace in the near future. In order to maximize the voice capacity, the overhead associated with controlling VoIP transmissions must be carefully managed. The current efforts in B3G (beyond 3G) standards development to efficiently control VoIP transmissions by grouping VoIP users into scheduling groups, assigning the group a set of shared time-frequency resources, and using bitmap signaling to allocate resources were detailed in [1]. This paper introduces several improvement mechanisms which enhance the basic concept outlined in [1]. System level simulations are used to validate the improved signaling technique and show that the technique can efficiently support 133 VoIP users per megahertz in a VoIP only system and 64 VoIP users per megahertz plus 1.05 Mbps for the traffic mixed considered in a mixed VoIP/data system.