Title :
Delay Analysis of Enhanced Relay-Enabled Distributed Coordination Function
Author :
Ahmad, Rizwan ; Zheng, Fu-Chun ; Drieberg, Micheal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Sci., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
This paper analyzes the delay performance of Enhanced relay-enabled Distributed Coordination Function (ErDCF) for wireless ad hoc networks under ideal condition and in the presence of transmission errors. Relays are nodes capable of supporting high data rates for other low data rate nodes. In ideal channel ErDCF achieves higher throughput and reduced energy consumption compared to IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). This gain is still maintained in the presence of errors. It is also expected of relays to reduce the delay. However, the impact on the delay behavior of ErDCF under transmission errors is not known. In this work, we have presented the impact of transmission errors on delay. It turns out that under transmission errors of sufficient magnitude to increase dropped packets, packet delay is reduced. This is due to increase in the probability of failure. As a result the packet drop time increases, thus reflecting the throughput degradation.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile radio; probability; ErDCF; enhanced relay-enabled distributed coordination function; packet delay analysis; transmission error; wireless ad hoc network; Analytical models; Delay effects; Energy consumption; Interference constraints; Jitter; Payloads; Performance analysis; Relays; Systems engineering and theory; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2010-Spring), 2010 IEEE 71st
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2518-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-2252
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2010.5494181