Title: A Framework for Performance Analysis of Ad Hoc Networks and Its Application to a Slotted-ALOHA Scenario
Author: Fabrizio Granelli
Abstract: In this paper, a framework is proposed to analyse the problems of connectivity and performance in ad-hoc networks through an analytical approach. To this aim, available results about the application of the percolation theory to the study of connectivity in ad-hoc network are exploited jointly with communication theory models in order to derive the configuration of the network parameters that ensures long range connectivity among nodes and the corresponding available capacity on the wireless medium. The framework is then applied to a slotted ALOHA ad-hoc network. Theoretical and numerical results validate the approach and allow the derivation of interesting design principles for ad-hoc networks that consider the impact of physical and MAC-level parameters on network connectivity and end-to-end performance.