A sequential method for control parameters in stabilized ALOHA systems

Author

Gurcan, Mustafa K. ; Al-Amir, Atheer ; Hijazi, Munir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

Volume

3

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

150

Abstract

In previous studies, a criterion has been developed that guarantees stability of a slotted ALOHA system, provided the offered load is below a certain upper bound. This is done by selecting the control parameters through consideration of the estimated drift characteristics. A new joint drift analysis is presented that provides a sequential method for choosing control parameters so as to eliminate bistable operation and guarantee system stability not only below the upper bound referred to earlier, but also above the bound. In addition, the proposed strategy achieves maximum throughput for the system.

Keywords

access protocols; stability; bistable operation elimination; control parameters; estimated drift characteristics; joint drift analysis; maximum throughput; offered load; sequential method; slotted ALOHA system; stabilized ALOHA systems; system stability; traffic; upper bound; Added delay; Control systems; Delay systems; Differential equations; Protection; Recursive estimation; Stability analysis; Stability criteria; Throughput; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.766851

Filename

766851