Throughput analysis of a cooperative ARQ scheme in the presence of hidden and exposed terminals

Cooperative Automatic Retransmission Request (C-ARQ) schemes exploit the broadcast nature of the radio channel by allowing those users which overhear a transmission to act as spontaneous relays when a packet has been received with errors at destination. Transmission takes place in two phases. First,...

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Autores: Alonso-Zarate, J., Alonso Zárate, Luis Gonzaga|||0000-0002-6608-0862, Kormentzas, Georgios, Tafazolli, Rahim, Verikoukis, Christos
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/16496
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/16496
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11036-011-0338-y
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Computer network protocols
Wireless LANs
Protocols de xarxes d'ordinadors
Xarxes locals sense fil Wi-Fi
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telemàtica i xarxes d'ordinadors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica
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Resumo:Cooperative Automatic Retransmission Request (C-ARQ) schemes exploit the broadcast nature of the radio channel by allowing those users which overhear a transmission to act as spontaneous relays when a packet has been received with errors at destination. Transmission takes place in two phases. First, the source transmits to the destination. In the case of error, retransmissions are then executed by the relays, providing the system with cooperative diversity. In this paper we analyze how the addition of these relays to the communication modifies the well-known hidden and exposed terminal problems associated to any medium access control protocol based on carrier sensing. This work is focused on Carrier Sensing Multiple Access (CSMA) protocols, such as the one defined in the IEEE 802.11 Standard. The theoretical study presented in this paper has been supported by computer-based simulations.