IEEE 802.16m-99/01

802.16 MAC Task Group: Session #4 Evaluation Table

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Criterion

Discussion

1

Meets system requirements

How well does the proposed MAC protocol meet the requirements described in the current version of the 802.16 System Requirements ( Document IEEE 802.16s0-99/n)?

2

MAC Delays

Is it possible to bound the delay of the proposed MAC protocol?

3

Payload and bandwidth efficiency

How well does the overhead due to the proposed MAC PDU headers allow for efficient user data transfer over the 802.16 air interface?

Is the proposed MAC protocol designed such that the MAC signaling is efficient in terms of not requiring excessive overhead?

How well does the proposed MAC protocol provide the mechanisms for fair allocation and sharing of the bandwidth among users?

4

Simplicity of implementation/cost

How well does the proposed MAC protocol allow for an implementation that is simple and generic enough that it is likely to be accepted by industry?

5

Scalability

Does the MAC protocol support a broad range of operational bandwidths and number of connections?

6

Service Support Flexibility

Does the MAC protocol support the services mentioned in the 802.16 System Requirements (Document IEEE 802.16s0-99/n) and is it open to the possible support of other services?

7

Robustness

Can the MAC protocol continue normal operation when presented with various unexpected events, e.g., corrupted MAC header, undefined MAC message (other protocol)?

Is the MAC protocol able to recover from events such unexpected shut down or loss of link?

8

Security

How well does the MAC protocol provide security mechanisms to meet the System Requirements?

9

Physical Channel Configurability

Does the MAC protocol provide mechanisms to control the PHY parameters?

10

Maturity

Does the proposed MAC protocol have data to demonstrate its ability to operate in an actual system that is representative of the BWA networks target for 802.16?

11

Convergence with existing technologies

How simple is it to adapt the proposed MAC protocol to existing technologies?

12

Ability to work with physical layer variations, e.g., duplexing, constellation

How independent is the proposed MAC protocol of the PHY protocol?

13

Mean access delay and variance

No submission required for Session #4; will address later

14

Sign-on process

No submission required for Session #4; will address later

15

Verifiability

No submission required for Session #4; will address later

16

Adequacy of management functions

No submission required for Session #4; may address later

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#	Criterion	Discussion
1	Meets system requirements	How well does the proposed MAC protocol meet the requirements described in the current version of the 802.16 System Requirements ( Document IEEE 802.16s0-99/n)?
2	MAC Delays	Is it possible to bound the delay of the proposed MAC protocol?
3	Payload and bandwidth efficiency	How well does the overhead due to the proposed MAC PDU headers allow for efficient user data transfer over the 802.16 air interface? Is the proposed MAC protocol designed such that the MAC signaling is efficient in terms of not requiring excessive overhead? How well does the proposed MAC protocol provide the mechanisms for fair allocation and sharing of the bandwidth among users?
4	Simplicity of implementation/cost	How well does the proposed MAC protocol allow for an implementation that is simple and generic enough that it is likely to be accepted by industry?
5	Scalability	Does the MAC protocol support a broad range of operational bandwidths and number of connections?
6	Service Support Flexibility	Does the MAC protocol support the services mentioned in the 802.16 System Requirements (Document IEEE 802.16s0-99/n) and is it open to the possible support of other services?
7	Robustness	Can the MAC protocol continue normal operation when presented with various unexpected events, e.g., corrupted MAC header, undefined MAC message (other protocol)? Is the MAC protocol able to recover from events such unexpected shut down or loss of link?
8	Security	How well does the MAC protocol provide security mechanisms to meet the System Requirements?
9	Physical Channel Configurability	Does the MAC protocol provide mechanisms to control the PHY parameters?
10	Maturity	Does the proposed MAC protocol have data to demonstrate its ability to operate in an actual system that is representative of the BWA networks target for 802.16?
11	Convergence with existing technologies	How simple is it to adapt the proposed MAC protocol to existing technologies?
12	Ability to work with physical layer variations, e.g., duplexing, constellation	How independent is the proposed MAC protocol of the PHY protocol?
13	Mean access delay and variance	No submission required for Session #4; will address later
14	Sign-on process	No submission required for Session #4; will address later
15	Verifiability	No submission required for Session #4; will address later
16	Adequacy of management functions	No submission required for Session #4; may address later