Theoretical Analysis of Saturation Throughput in MU-DCF

Abstract—In this paper, the calculation of saturation throughput for previously proposed Multi-User - Distributed Coordination Function (MU-DCF) is presented. MU-DCF is an IEEE 802.11 based protocol that supports multi-user (MU)-Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MIMO) transmissions. The analysis is for two extreme case scenarios: Access Point (AP) downlink in a hotspot scenario, and fully interconnected network. Special attention is payed on the statistical properties of traffic sources, since in MU-DCF networks they have strong impact on performance. In addition, the difference in performance between MU and single-user (SU) transmission strategies is evaluated, pointing out to the tradeoff between delay and throughput.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: VTC
• Authors: Jelena Mirkovic, Bernhard Walke
• Keywords: Communications, Distributed Coordination Function, Extreme Case Scenarios, MU)-Multiple Input-Multiple Output, VTC 2008