Throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11 multihop ad hoc wireless networks under saturation condition

An innovative approach to determine the performance parameters of arbitrary multihop wireless networks is proposed. This approach can be applied to various types of multihop network topologies. In this paper we focus on a loop multihop network topology. Numerical results show that the normalized node capacity of loop networks is independent of the size of the loop. An individual node average channel busy probability is also introduced to allow for accurate performance analysis.