Title :
Performance evaluation of mobile radio slotted ALOHA with smart antennas
Author :
Fung, W.K. ; Hamdi, M. ; Murch, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We report an investigation into the effect of using smart antennas on the performance of the slotted ALOHA protocol with capture in a mobile communications environment with Rayleigh and log-normal fading. Our results demonstrate that by using smart antennas, we can achieve higher performance in terms of capture probability and throughput when compared to a conventional antenna system using the slotted ALOHA protocol
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; access protocols; adaptive antenna arrays; land mobile radio; log normal distribution; probability; stability; Rayleigh fading; capture probability; log-normal fading; mobile communications environment; mobile radio slotted ALOHA; performance evaluation; slotted ALOHA protocol; smart antennas; stability; switched beam antenna; throughput; Access protocols; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation; Filtering; Land mobile radio; Mobile antennas; Rayleigh channels; Slot antennas; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 1999. WCNC. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5668-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.1999.797829
