Streaming video and audio content over mobile WiMAX networks

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) embodies the IEEE 802.16 family of standards that provision wireless broadband access. With the IEEE 802.16e-2005 mobility amendment, WiMAX promises to address the ever-increasing demand of mobile high-speed wireless data in fourth generation (4G) networks. WiMAX market studies continue to project increased subscriber growth rates and planned carrier trials worldwide. With these projected growth rates, in order to understand if WiMAX is a formidable player in 4th generation mobile systems, it is desirable to quantify performance using video-rich emerging services to sufficiently load and stress the network to exploit the potential bandwidth, delay and mobility limitations. Accordingly, the goal of this project is to enhance an existing OPNET simulation model to simulate video content representative of IPTV and other video-rich emerging services to adequately load and analyze the Mobile WiMAX technology.