Abstract
To satisfy the emerging need of wireless data communications, the IEEE is currently standardizing the 802.11 protocol for wireless local area networks. This standard adopts a CSMA/CA medium access control protocol with exponential backoff. We present a simple analytical model to compute the saturation throughput performance in the presence of a finite number of terminals and in the assumption of ideal channel conditions. The model applies to both basic and request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) access mechanisms. Comparison with simulation results shows that the model is extremely accurate in predicting the system throughput.
Keywords
Computer scienceThroughputExponential backoffComputer networkIEEE 802.11Channel (broadcasting)WirelessAccess controlWireless networkMedia access controlTelecommunications
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- 1998
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 318-320
- Citations
- 444
- Access
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Giuseppe Bianchi
(1998).
IEEE 802.11-saturation throughput analysis.
IEEE Communications Letters
, 2
(12)
, 318-320.
https://doi.org/10.1109/4234.736171
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- DOI
- 10.1109/4234.736171