A renewal theory based analytical model for the contention access period of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2340-2349

  Ling, Xinhua ^b   Cheng, Yu ^a,c   Mark, Jon W ^a,b   Shen, Xuemin ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; CSMA CA; IEEE 802.15.4; MAC; Renewal theory; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; BACKOFF; BINARY EXPONENTIAL BACK OFF (BEB); CARRIER SENSE (CS); CONTENTION ACCESS PERIOD (CAP); GENERAL (CO); IEEE 802.15.4; MAC PROTOCOLS; MAC THROUGHPUT; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOLS; MULTIPLE ACCESS PROTOCOL (MAP); PERFORMANCE ANALYSES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; RENEWAL PROCESSES; RENEWAL THEORY; SERVICE TIME; SIMULATION RESULTS; TRAFFIC ARRIVAL;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 45849112561     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2008.070048     Document Type: Article

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