The Effect of Finite Population on IEEE802.11 Wireless LANs Throughput/Delay Performance

The 2002 Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON 2002, Egypt, May 2002.

Abstract: The theoretical performance of CSMA/CA, as it is used in IEEE802.11 wireless LANs, is investigated in this paper. We adopt and modify a previously presented analytical approach for CSMA/CA protocols in wireless LANs with finite number of stations and find closed-form equations for throughput and delay. The presented numerical results highlight the characteristics of both CSMA/CA methods and define how their performance depends on the number of stations and on traffic conditions.

If you need additional information concerning this paper, please contact either one of the authors or send an e-mail to: comes-sup@ee.upatras.gr