Title :
Performance analysis of space diversity S-ALOHA with steerable beam smart antenna arrays
Author :
Soni, P.M. ; Chockalingam, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
We analyze the throughput, delay and energy efficiency performance of space diversity slotted ALOHA when multibeam smart antenna arrays capable of steering the beams selectively on smaller sectors, are used at the base station receiver. Analytical expressions to establish the effect of different beamwidths, number of beams, beam steering patterns, and beam service times on the achieved performance of S-ALOHA an derived. We show that under high load conditions steered beams with long beam service times offer better performance, whereas under light loads static coverage patterns an better. We propose and analyze an energy efficient version of S-ALOUA which uses a beam sensed backoff algorithm at the user terminal. We show that the beam sensed backoff algorithm results in significant energy saving that could potentially increase battery life in wireless user terminals
Keywords :
access protocols; adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; cellular radio; delays; diversity reception; multibeam antennas; base station receiver; battery life; beam sensed backoff algorithm; beam service times; beam steering patterns; beamwidths; cellular radio; delay; energy efficiency; high load conditions; light loads; long beam service times; multibeam smart antenna arrays; performance analysis; space diversity S-ALOHA; space diversity slotted ALOHA; static coverage patterns; steerable beam smart antenna arrays; throughput; user terminal; wireless user terminals; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Delay; Energy efficiency; Pattern analysis; Performance analysis; Receiving antennas; Slot antennas; Space stations; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891664