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.