Title
Flow Allocation for Maximum Throughput and Bounded Delay on Multiple Disjoint Paths for Random Access Wireless Multihop Networks.
Abstract
In this paper, we consider random-access wireless multihop networks, with multipacket reception capabilities, where multiple flows are forwarded to the gateways through node disjoint paths. We explore the issue of allocating flow on multiple paths, exhibiting both intra- and interpath interference, in order to maximize average aggregate flow throughput (AAT) and provide bounded packet delay. A distributed flow allocation scheme is proposed where allocation of flow on paths is formulated as an optimization problem. Through an illustrative topology, it is shown that the corresponding problem is nonconvex. Furthermore, a simple but accurate model is employed for the AAT achieved by all flows, which captures both intra- and interpath interference through the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) model. The proposed scheme is evaluated through Ns2 simulations of several random wireless scenarios. Simulation results reveal that the model employed accurately captures the AAT observed in the simulated scenarios, even when the assumption of saturated queues is removed. Simulation results also show that the proposed scheme achieves significantly higher AAT for the vast majority of the wireless scenarios explored than for the following flow allocation schemes: one that assigns flows on paths on a round-robin fashion, one that optimally utilizes the best path (BP) only, and another one that assigns the maximum possible flow on each path. Finally, a variant of the proposed scheme is explored, where interference for each link is approximated by considering its dominant interfering nodes only.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology
Wireless,Computer science,Network packet,Computer network,Queueing theory,Resource allocation,Packet switching,Throughput,Optimization problem,Random access
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
66
1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
27
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Manolis Ploumidis1274.65
Nikolaos Pappas215914.26
Apostolos Traganitis320921.68