Statistical characterization of the service time in saturated IEEE 802.11 networks

Author

Zanella, Andrea ; Pellegrini, Francesco De

Author_Institution

Inf. Eng. Dept., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

2005

fDate

3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

227

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an analytical model for the service time in saturated IEEE 802.11 DCF networks. We derive a closed-form probability generating function for the packet service time of a cluster of IEEE 802.11 terminals, both for the RTC/CTS and the basic access mode. The probability generating function is inverted by numerical methods, providing the probability distribution function of the service time. Interestingly, it catches certain features of the DCF service time, which cannot be revealed with the second order analysis known in the literature. Finally, this analytical model is validated by means of extensive simulation outcomes.

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; packet radio networks; statistical distributions; wireless LAN; DCF networks; RTC/CTS; basic access mode; closed-form probability generating function; packet service time; saturated IEEE 802.11 networks; service time; statistical characterization; terminals; Access protocols; Analytical models; Helium; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Probability distribution; Random variables; Statistical distributions; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2005.03031

Filename

1411014