Integrated load-based power saving for BS and MSS in the IEEE 802.16e network

In our previous work, the limitation of standard type I and II power saving in IEEE 802.16e was discussed, and the idea of load‐based power saving (LBPS) was proposed for better power‐saving efficiency. LBPS measures traffic load and adaptively generates proper sleep schedule for the current load. Three LBPS schemes have been proposed for mobile subscriber station (MSS) power saving. In this paper, base station (BS) power saving is taken into consideration, and our previously proposed LBPS schemes, are extended and revised to integrate both BS and MSS in sleep scheduling. Two strategies of integrated power saving, MSS first and BS first, each with associated LBPS schemes are proposed in the paper. A three‐staged concept combining the proposed strategies is also presented to make the best of integrated power saving. A simulation study shows that the proposed schemes can effectively achieve high power‐saving efficiency for both BS and MSS. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The sleep schedule for each (MSS is first determined in LBPS‐S1. The time frames in which all MSSs in the sleep mode are scheduled are the sleep time frames for BS. LBPS‐aggr presents the simplest case among the LBPS schemes for BS power saving because all MSSs are treated as a single group.