Hierarchical Slotted Wireless Random Channel Access with Power Control

Author:

Karouit, Abdelillah  Orozco Barbosa, Luis  Ramirez-Mireles, Fernando  Haqiq, Abdelkrim  

Journal:

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING

Issue Date:

2015

Abstract(summary):

This paper introduces a hierarchical Wireless Random Access scheme based on power control where intelligence is split among the mobile users in order to drive the outcome of the system towards an efficient point. The hierarchical game is obtained by introducing a special user who plays the role of altruistic leader whereas the other users assume the role of followers. We define the power control scheme in such a way that the leader first chooses the lowest power to transmit its packets among.. available levels whereas the followers re-transmit by randomly choosing a power level picked from N - 1 higher distinct power levels. Using a 3D Markovian model, we compute the steady state of the system and derive the average system throughput and expected packet transmission delay. Our numerical results show that the proposed scheme considerably improves the global performance of the system avoiding the well known throughput collapse at high loads commonly characterizing most random channel access mechanisms.