Throughput analysis of non-beacon enabled IEEE 802.15.4 networks with unsaturated traffic

Author

Wijetunge, S. ; Gunawardana, U. ; Liyanapathirana, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., Eng. & Math., Univ. of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1177

Lastpage

1182

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Markov chain based analysis to model the unslotted CSMA/CA medium access control protocol used in non-beacon enabled IEEE 802.15.4 networks that operate under unsaturated traffic conditions. The proposed analysis is then used to evaluate the performance of the protocol in terms of the aggregate network throughput. Based on our results, we discuss the impact of different network parameters including the number of nodes and data frame length on the unsaturated throughput of the protocol.

Keywords

Markov processes; Zigbee; carrier sense multiple access; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; Markov chain based analysis; collision avoidance; data frame length; network parameter; network throughput; nonbeacon enabled IEEE 802.15.4 network; protocol performance; throughput analysis; unsaturated throughput; unsaturated traffic condition; unslotted CSMA/CA medium access control protocol; Analytical models; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Markov processes; Multiaccess communication; Protocols; Steady-state; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, QLD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1156-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1155-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCIT.2012.6380872

Filename

6380872