The impact of MAC parameters on the performance of 802.15.4 PAN

  • Authors:
  • Jelena Mišić;Shairmina Shafi;Vojislav B. Mišić

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, 558 Machray Hall, Winnipeg, Man., Canada R3T 2N2;Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, 558 Machray Hall, Winnipeg, Man., Canada R3T 2N2;Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, 558 Machray Hall, Winnipeg, Man., Canada R3T 2N2

  • Venue:
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The operation of a personal area network, operating under the IEEE Standard 802.15.4 in the beacon enabled mode, is analyzed using the theory of discrete time Markov chains and M/G/1/K queues. The model includes the impact of different parameters such as packet arrival rate, number of stations, station's buffer size, packet size, and inactive period between the beacons. We have derived several important performance parameters such as probability of access, probability that medium is idle, queue length distribution in the device, and probability distribution of the packet service time. Some important conclusions regarding the implementation of 802.15.4 networks and compatible network devices are outlined.