An Analytical Approach For Dimensioning Wireless Multihop Networks

The tradeoff between maximizing the number of transmissions and reducing total interference is the main problem about dimensioning wireless multihop networks. In this paper, we derive an analytical solution for the calculation of outage probability in a wireless multihop network. The outage probability is the probability of a transmission between two nodes may not be established because there is no available channels along a specific route or the signal-to-interference ratio is below a specified threshold. The proposed solution is compared with simulations, and an excellent agreement is attained. © 2007 IEEE.46874691Gupta, P., Kumar, P.R., The Capacity of Wireless Networks (2000) IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 46 (2), pp. 388-404. , MarGallego, D.M., de Medeiros, A.A.M., Cardieri, P., Yacoub, M.D., Seo, C., Leonardo, E.J., Capacity and QoS of Wireless Mesh Networks (2005) 4th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium, I2TS'05, , DecFuternik, A., Haimovich, A.M., Papavassiliou, S., An Analytical Model for Measuring QoS in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks (2003) IEEE GLOBECOM '03, pp. 216-220. , DecGugrajah, Y., Takawira, F., Analytical Model for Evaluating Blocking Probability in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (2002) 6th Africou Conference in Africa IEEE AFRICON, pp. 277-282. , OctZafer, M., Modiano, E., Blocking Probability and Channel Assignment in Wireless Networks (2006) IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun, 5 (4), pp. 869-879Chung, S.P., Ross, K.W., Reduced Load Approximations for Multirate Loss Networks (1993) IEEE Trans. Commun, 41 (8), pp. 1222-1231Keffer, N.F., Cochannel Interference and Alternative Routing Techniques (in Portuguese), (1997), Ph.D. dissertation, State University of Campinas, Electrical and Computing Engineering FacultyKumar, A., Manjunath, D., Kuri, J., (2004) Communication Networking: An Analytical Approach, , Morgan KaufmanGarcia, N.L., Marie, N., Existence and Perfect Simulation of One-Dimensional Loss Networks (2006) Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 116 (12), pp. 1920-1931. , De