Cluster Computing IEEE Wireless LAN Saturation Throughput Analysis with Seizing E ect Consideration

The IEEE network technology is the emerging standard for wireless LANs and mobile networking The fundamental access mechanism in the IEEE MAC protocol is the Distributed Coordination Function In this paper we present an analytical method of estimating the saturation throughput of wireless LAN in the assumption of ideal channel conditions The proposed method generalizes the existing LAN models and advances them in order to take the Seizing E ect into consideration This real life e ect consists in the following the station that has just completed successfully its transmission has a better chance of winning in the competition and therefore of seizing the channel than other LAN stations The saturation throughput of wireless LANs is investigated by the developedmethod The obtained numerical results are validated by simulation and lead to the change of the existing idea of the optimal access strategy in the saturation conditions