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Fluid limits for Queue-based CSMA with polynomial rates, homogenization and reflection

Probability 2021-06-08 v2

Abstract

We study in this paper a variation of the acclaimed CSMA random access protocol. We will focus on the case where back-off rates at each node is polynomial in the size of the queue. Under a condition relating the exponent in the polynomial rates and the geometry of the interference graph, we prove convergence of the scaled process to a deterministic fluid limit up to the time a queue reaches 00 on the fluid scale . We outline the difficulties arising at that time and solve them in the case of a complete interference graph. This paper relies on a new method to obtain a fully coupled stochastic averaging principle and can hopefully lead to more result in heavy load situations.

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@article{arxiv.2011.06397,
  title  = {Fluid limits for Queue-based CSMA with polynomial rates, homogenization and reflection},
  author = {Eyal Castiel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.06397},
  year   = {2021}
}
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