Throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF under finite load traffic

Despite the widespread deployment of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol, not much analysis has been done on modeling its performance. In this paper, we modify a previously introduced station model along with a channel model to deduce the channel throughput under finite load traffic. Our approach allows modeling of all system parameters like the channel state and the average service time of a frame. Although our model assumes a Poisson arrival process, the proposed approach could be easily extended to more general processes.