Spatial fairness in linear wireless multi-access networks
Networking and Internet Architecture
2010-04-08 v1 Probability
Abstract
Multi-access networks may exhibit severe unfairness in throughput. Recent studies show that this unfairness is due to local differences in the neighborhood structure: Nodes with less neighbors receive better access. We study the unfairness in saturated linear networks, and adapt the multi-access CSMA protocol to remove the unfairness completely, by choosing the activation rates of nodes appropriately as a function of the number of neighbors. We then investigate the consequences of this choice of activation rates on the network-average saturated throughput, and we show that these rates perform well in a non-saturated setting.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1004.1042,
title = {Spatial fairness in linear wireless multi-access networks},
author = {P. M. van de Ven and J. S. H. van Leeuwaarden and D. Denteneer and A. J. E. M. Janssen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1042},
year = {2010}
}