Modeling the 802.11 distributed coordination function in non-saturated conditions

IEEE Communications LettersPublished 1 August 2005

Ken R. Duffy, David Malone, Douglas J. Leith

DOI10.1109/lcomm.2005.1496592

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This paper presents an extension of Bianchi's model to a non-saturated environment and its predictions are validated against simulation and are found to accurately capture many interesting features of non-Saturated operation.

Abstract

Analysis of the 802.11 CSMA/CA mechanism has received considerable attention recently. Bianchi (2000) presents an analytic model under a saturated traffic assumption. Bianchi's model is accurate, but typical network conditions are non-saturated. This paper presents an extension of Bianchi's model to a non-saturated environment. Its predictions are validated against simulation and are found to accurately capture many interesting features of non-saturated operation.

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