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Revisiting the Hidden Terminal Problem in a CSMA/CA Wireless Network
July 2008 (vol. 7 no. 7)
pp. 817-831
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Athanasia Tsertou, David I. Laurenson, "Revisiting the Hidden Terminal Problem in a CSMA/CA Wireless Network," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 817-831, July, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TMC.2007.70757,
author = {Athanasia Tsertou and David I. Laurenson},
title = {Revisiting the Hidden Terminal Problem in a CSMA/CA Wireless Network},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing},
volume = {7},
number = {7},
issn = {1536-1233},
year = {2008},
pages = {817-831},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TMC.2007.70757},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
TI - Revisiting the Hidden Terminal Problem in a CSMA/CA Wireless Network
IS - 7
SN - 1536-1233
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EP831
EPD - 817-831
A1 - Athanasia Tsertou,
A1 - David I. Laurenson,
PY - 2008
KW - Wireless communication
KW - Standards
KW - Protocol verification
KW - Modeling techniques
KW - Markov processes
KW - Renewal theory
KW - Distribution functions
VL - 7
JA - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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Recently research interest in the performance analysis of wireless networks was revived. An issue of an utmost importance in this class of networks, classified as one of the severest reasons for the degradation of their performance, is the hidden terminal problem. In this paper we argue that an accurate analysis of the effect of hidden nodes in the performance of a random access protocol is still an open issue. Firstly, we thoroughly explain the reasons behind the limitations of previous modelling methods, and show that their performance is reliable only for certain configurations. Secondly, and most importantly, we propose a novel method of modelling time that uses a fixed-length channel slot as the unit of time and does not rely on renewal theory. With these features the model is able to successfully take into account the desynchronisation of nodes in a hidden terminal environment. Our analytical model is shown to have a very close match to simulation results for an IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol and for all the system parameters considered, unlike conventional methods.

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Index Terms:
Wireless communication, Standards, Protocol verification, Modeling techniques, Markov processes, Renewal theory, Distribution functions
Citation:
Athanasia Tsertou, David I. Laurenson, "Revisiting the Hidden Terminal Problem in a CSMA/CA Wireless Network," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 817-831, July 2008, doi:10.1109/TMC.2007.70757
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