Throughput analysis for multiple packet reception with different window overlapping lengths

We consider the case of a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET), with nodes that have multiple packet reception (MPR) capability This is done by segmenting the incoming signal in a series of time-overlapping windows, each to be processed by an algorithm that separates each transmitter signal, as suggested in other works We will focus on the effect of varying the overlapping length. In this paper we addressed the impact caused on the network throughput and on the relative computational complexity when the overlapping-length between consecutive analysis windows is varied, which has not been previously studied. We obtain theoretical expressions for both parameters in some cases and simulation results are presented in others.