Title :
Packet loss analysis of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC without acknowledgements
Author :
Shu, Feng ; Sakurai, Taka ; Zukerman, Moshe ; Vu, Hai L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic.
Abstract :
Transmission of the acknowledgement frame after a packet reception is optional in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Considering a set of sensor nodes, each of which has a packet to transmit at the beginning of an active period, we provide an analysis that yields the packet loss statistics of the non-acknowledgement mode of the standard. The analysis is based on a non-stationary Markov chain model and its accuracy is verified by ns-2 simulations
Keywords :
Markov processes; access protocols; personal area networks; IEEE 802.15.4 MAC; nonacknowledgement mode; nonstationary Markov chain model; ns-2 simulation; packet loss analysis; Analytical models; Australia; Bismuth; Energy consumption; Helium; Length measurement; Media Access Protocol; Performance analysis; Propagation losses; Statistical analysis;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2007.061295
