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Performance modeling and analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF based fair channel access for vehicle-to-roadside communication in a non-saturated state

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This paper considers the fair access problem in vehicular ad hoc networks and develops analytical models for analyzing the performance of an IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function based fair channel access protocol in a non-saturated state. We first derive the relationship between the transmission probability and the minimum contention window size of a vehicle, and the relationship between the velocity and the minimum contention window size of a vehicle in a non-saturated state. Based on the analytical model, the minimum contention window size of a vehicle for a given velocity can be determined in order to achieve fair access among different vehicles. Moreover, an analytical model is also developed for analyzing the throughput performance of the fair channel access protocol in a non-saturated state. The effectiveness of the analytical models is justified through simulation results.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61372105, the Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province under Grant No. DZXX-010, the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, China, under Grant No. ZR2012-01, and the Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, China, under Grant No. 2014A02.

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  2. The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, Shanxi, China

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Wu, Q., Zheng, J. Performance modeling and analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF based fair channel access for vehicle-to-roadside communication in a non-saturated state. Wireless Netw 21, 1–11 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-014-0766-2

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