In next generation wireless networks such as a Mobile WiMAX traffic
prioritization is used to provide differentiated quality of service
(QoS). Unnecessary ping-pong handovers that result from premature
reaction to fluctuating radio resources pose a great threat to the QoS of
delay sensitive connections such as VoIP which are sensitive to scanning
and require heavy handover mechanisms. Traffic-class-specific variables
are defined to tolerate unbalance in the radio system in order to avoid
making the system slow to react to traffic variations and decreasing
system wide resource utilization. By setting thresholds to trigger load
balancing gradually in fluctuating environment the delay sensitive
connections avoid unnecessary handovers and the delay tolerant
connections have a chance to react to the load increase and get higher
bandwidth from a less congested BS. A framework for the resolution of
static user terminals in the overlapping area within adjacent cells will
be described.