Maximizing Power Saving for VoIP over WiMAX Systems

The voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service is expected to be widely supported in wireless mobile networks. Mobile Broadband Wireless networks VoIP service to users with high mobility requirements, connecting via portable devices which rely on the use of batteries by necessity. Energy consumption significantly affects mobile subscriber stations in wireless broadband access networks. Efficient energy saving is an important and challenging issue because all mobile stations are powered by limited battery lifetimes. Therefore, the authors propose an adaptive mechanism suitable for VoIP service with silence suppression. The proposed mechanism was examined with a computer simulation. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism reduces energy consumption.