Title :
Saturation throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs for a lossy channel
Author :
Dong, X. James ; Varaiya, Pravin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a way to estimate the saturation throughput of IEEE 802.11 for a lossy channel. The analysis is based on a new concept of virtual slot, which is used to model the dependence of a station´s MAC state on the channel. Simulation results show that the analysis accurately predicts the saturation throughput in DCF mode.
Keywords :
access protocols; channel estimation; spread spectrum communication; wireless LAN; DCF mode; IEEE 802.11; MAC protocol; lossy channel; saturation throughput analysis; virtual slot; wireless LAN; Analytical models; Counting circuits; Fading; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Predictive models; Probability; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02011
