Call admission control scheme for real-time services in packet-switched OFDM wireless networks

A call admission control scheme is proposed for real-time services in packet-switched orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless cellular networks. The main idea of the proposed scheme is to use maximum acceptance ratio to maintain maximum channel utilization for real-time services according to the desired packet-level and call-level quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. The acceptance ratio is periodically adjusted by using a time discrete Markov chain and Wiener prediction theory according to the varying traffic load. Extensive simulation results show that this algorithm maintains high channel utilization, even as it guarantees packet-level and call-level QoS requirements for real-time services.