Analysis of Sliding Frame R-ALOHA for Real-Time Ad Hoc Wireless Networks in a Fading Environment

Author

Ma, Xiaomin ; Refai, Hazem ; Chen, Xianbo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Eng., Oral Roberts Univ., Tulsa, OK

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, equilibrium point analysis (EPA) and Monte Carlo modeling are conducted to evaluate performance of sliding frame R-ALOHA protocol for real-time ad hoc wireless networks in a fading environment with error channels, which include throughput and the average message delay. Terminals with Poisson message arrivals and Poisson message length are analyzed. Transmission errors and capture effects on the R-ALOHA in the presence of multipath and shadowing are also taken into account by the EPA model. The results reveal performance characteristics of the R-ALOHA system and also show effectiveness and correctness of the developed models.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; access protocols; ad hoc networks; fading channels; multipath channels; real-time systems; stochastic processes; EPA; Monte Carlo modeling; Poisson message arrival analysis; Poisson message length analysis; average message delay; equilibrium point analysis; fading environment; multipath channel; real-time ad hoc wireless network; sliding frame R-ALOHA protocol analysis; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Fading; Media Access Protocol; Mobile communication; Performance analysis; Throughput; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC-2006 Fall. 2006 IEEE 64th

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0062-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0063-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCF.2006.458

Filename

4109723