On the scalability and capacity of planar wireless networks with omnidirectional antennas

We extend the previously well-known results on the capacity of wireless networks and present the implications of our results on network scalability. In particular, we find bounds on the maximum achievable per-node end-to-end throughput, e, and the maximum number of simultaneously successful wireless transmissions, N max t , under a more general network scenario than previously considered. Furthermore, in the derivation of our results, we make no restrictions on the mobility pattern of the nodes or on the number simultaneous transmissions and/or receptions that nodes are capable of maintaining. In our derivation, we analyze the effect of parameters such as the area of the network domain, A, the path loss exponent, , the processing gain, G, and the SINR threshold, . Specifically, we prove the following results for a wireless network of N nodes that are equipped with omnidirectional antennas: