This paper proposes an efficient downlink resource allocation scheme for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access based WiMAX systems using the Adaptive Modulation and Coding mode operation. Given a set of user requests, the proposed algorithm determines the modulation scheme and allocates a two-dimensional (time and frequency) burst to each user. It is known that finding the optimal solution for such a resource allocation problem is NP-complete. To reduce the computation complexity, this paper proposes a heuristic solution. Compared with the Efficient Downlink Bandwidth Allocation (EDBA) algorithm [6], the proposed scheme achieves higher channel utilization and system throughput with similar execution time. Simulation results show that the average channel utilization of the proposed scheme is about 75~85% and that of EDBA is about 60~70%.

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This paper proposes a downlink mapping algorithm for two-level requests in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access based IEEE 802.16e systems under the Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) mode by which the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of a user may be different for available subchannels. Given a set of requests each with two priorities, the proposed algorithm efficiently allocates a twodimensional (time and frequency) burst with a suitable MCS to each user to maximize the system throughput with service differentiation. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the Efficient Downlink Mapping Allocation (EDMA) algorithm [5] in terms of the throughput of high priority data, but slightly sacrifice in overall throughput. The proposed algorithm can improve up to 98.8% more the average allocated ratio of urgent data than the EDMA.

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