Impact of MAC parameters on the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol with ACK frame transmission

Author

Wijetunge, S. ; Gunawardana, U. ; Liyanapathirana, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

IEEE 802.15.4 medium access control (MAC) specifications support an optional feature of MAC-level acknowledgements and frame retransmissions to ensure reliability in data transmission. In this paper, we propose a generalised analytical model, which is based on a three-dimensional, discrete-time Markov chain, to analyse the performance of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol with retransmission and MAC-level acknowledgements under unsaturated traffic conditions. The network performance is evaluated in terms of aggregate throughput, average power consumption of a node, frame discard ratio and frame delivery ratio. Based on our results, we discuss the impact of different MAC parameters on the performance of the network.

Keywords

Markov processes; Zigbee; access protocols; telecommunication network reliability; ACK frame transmission; IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol; IEEE 802.15.4 medium access control protocol; MAC-level acknowledgement; data transmission; discrete-time Markov chain; power consumption; reliability; Analytical models; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Mathematical model; Media Access Protocol; Sensors; Throughput; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2011

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1711-6

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATNAC.2011.6096645

Filename

6096645