Title
On the Throughput Performance of Multirate IEEE 802.11 Networks With Variable-Loaded Stations: Analysis, Modeling, and a Novel Proportional Fairness Criterion
Publication Date
5-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper focuses on multirate IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN employing the mandatory Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) option. Its aim is threefold. Upon starting from the multi-dimensional Markovian state transition model proposed by Malone et.al. for characterizing the behavior of the IEEE 802.11 protocol at the Medium Access Control layer, it presents an extension accounting for packet transmission failures due to channel errors. Second, it establishes the conditions under which a network constituted by N stations, each station transmitting with its own bit rate, Rd(s), and packet rate, λs, can be assumed loaded. Finally, it proposes a modified Proportional Fairness (PF) criterion, suitable for mitigating the rate anomaly problem of multirate loaded IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs, employing the mandatory DCF option. Compared to the widely adopted assumption of saturated network, the proposed fairness criterion can be applied to general loaded networks. The throughput allocation resulting from the proposed algorithm is able to greatly increase the aggregate throughput of the DCF, while ensuring fairness levels among the stations of the same order as the ones guaranteed by the classical PF criterion. Simulation results are presented for some sample scenarios, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed criterion for optimized throughput allocation.
Publication Title
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Volume
9
Issue
5
First Page
1594
Last Page
1607
DOI
10.1109/TWC.2010.05.081191
Publisher Policy
pre-print, post-print
Recommended Citation
Laddomada, Massimiliano; Mesiti, F.; Mondin, M.; and Daneshgaran, F., "On the Throughput Performance of Multirate IEEE 802.11 Networks With Variable-Loaded Stations: Analysis, Modeling, and a Novel Proportional Fairness Criterion" (2010). School of Engineering and Technology Publications. 177.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/tech_pub/177