Title :
A Dimensional Analysis Approach to Transport Capacity of Wireless Network
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Finding the transport capacity of an arbitrary wireless network is generally considered as a difficult mathematics issue. In this work, from a unconventional perspective, we formulate it as a physical issue with lower complexity. Assuming that n identical nodes are located in a region of area A, transmit rate W, the transport capacity (in bit-meters per second) of the network has a "scaling law". We introduce a dimensional analysis method and pi-theorem usually can be seen in mechanics research, and give a semi-analytic solution of the generalized scaling law of the static network. In addition, for a network with node velocity V and packet length L, we give a semi-analytic dynamic transport capacity.
Keywords :
radio networks; dimensional analysis approach; generalized scaling law; pi-theorem; static network; wireless network; Aggregates; Computer networks; Equations; Fluid dynamics; Information analysis; Mathematics; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2009. WiCom '09. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3692-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3693-4
DOI :
10.1109/WICOM.2009.5301627