IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
Special Section on Emerging Technologies and Applications for Ad Hoc and Wireless Mesh Networks
CSMA/CA Unicast Communication Performance under Fading Environment with Two-Dimensional Distribution of Hidden Terminal
Jingze DAIYasushi YAMAO
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2012 Volume E95.B Issue 9 Pages 2708-2717

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Performance of CSMA/CA wireless communication is severely affected by hidden terminal (HT) problem that results in failure of carrier sense and causes packet error due to collision. However, no mathematical analysis method for the HT problem has been available that takes into account actual radio environments including both fading and capture effect. This paper presents an analysis method that enables to well predict the probability of successful communication (PSC) and communication efficiency for CSMA/CA unicast communication including the interaction of data and ACK packets. Analysis of the PSC with two-dimensional HT distribution makes it easy to understand the influence of HT location and carrier sense level. Also it is shown that there is considerable difference on the PSC between fading and fading-free environments. The obtained results as well as the proposed analysis method are quite useful in CSMA/CA network design for WLAN and sensor network applications.

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