Saturation throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs for a lossy channel
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Dong, X.J.; Varaiya, P.
- Source
- IEEE Communications Letters IEEE Commun. Lett. Communications Letters, IEEE. 9(2):100-102 Feb, 2005
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Throughput
Wireless LAN
Local area networks
Media Access Protocol
Counting circuits
Probability
Analytical models
Predictive models
Wireless application protocol
Fading
- Language
- ISSN
- 1089-7798
1558-2558
2373-7891
We present a way to estimate the saturation throughput of IEEE 802.11 for a lossy channel. The analysis is based on a new concept of virtual slot, which is used to model the dependence of a station's MAC state on the channel. Simulation results show that the analysis accurately predicts the saturation throughput in DCF mode.