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Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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246 <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Ad</strong> <strong>Hoc</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sensor</strong> <strong>Networks</strong>increases the power by a predefined safety factor before each retransmission,to reduce the packet drops.6.5.3 Channel UtilizationThough hidden-terminal problem occurrence increases with lower transmitterpowers, an improvement in channel utilization <strong>and</strong> throughputcan be seen by using the proposed MAC protocol. In fact, Figure 6.2depicts the enhancement in utilization that will occur when a lower transmitterpower is used for subsequent RTS-CTS transmissions wheneverthe RTS-CTS h<strong>and</strong>shake between any two given nodes A <strong>and</strong> B has failed.In this scenario, node B will not respond to request from node A. Thiswill occur, for example, if node F is transmitting at the same time as nodeA is trying to send the RTS frame. Therefore, node B is unable to receivethe RTS frames because of a collision. After the predefined number ofretransmissions, node A will cease to send the packet. In such a case, nodeC will be able to start transmission earlier than in the case of usingmaximum power for RTS-CTS. As a result, the contention time for framesfrom certain nodes, such as C, decreases.Consider the scenario when maximum power is utilized for all RTS-CTS frames. Node C will decode the RTS frame because it was sent withthe maximum transmitter power defined for the network. Consequently,node C will update its NAV vector using the RTS frame. No transmissionoccurs; hence, the channel is idle. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, if the RTS frame issent at a power level calculated by the DPC, the node C will only detectthe RTS frame <strong>and</strong> will set its NAV vector to the EIFS time. Hence, shortlyafter EIFS, node C is free to initiate communication. Because of the availabilityof a channel to C, the throughput increases.This improvement applies to all nodes within the improvement areadepicted in Figure 6.2. Given the high density of nodes in the case ofwireless ad hoc networks, the probability of a node accessing the channelis quite high. Therefore, an increase in aggregated throughput is observedwith the proposed protocol.Because of higher channel utilization, the spatial reuse factor, whichis defined as the number of successful transmissions within a giventime interval for a given area, will increase for the proposed DPCscheme. For 802.11, the NAV vector will be set for an entire expectedduration of flow transmission; hence, there will be time intervals whenno transmissions take place. As the result, there will be fewer transmissionsfor a given time interval in comparison with the theoreticalcapacity of the radio channel. In our scheme, these idle periods aredetected, nodes are allowed to transmit sooner <strong>and</strong>, thus, the totalnumber of successful transmissions within a given time intervalincreases. Consequently, the spatial reuse factor increases for the proposedDPC when compared to 802.11.

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