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Accurate Analytical Model and Evaluation of Wi-Fi Halow Based IoT Networks under a Rayleigh-Fading Channel with Capture

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  • Hamid Taramit

    (Computer, Networks, Mobility and Modeling Laboratory (IR2M), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Hassan First University of Settat, Settat 26000, Morocco
    Albacete Research Institute of Informatics, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain)

  • José Jaime Camacho-Escoto

    (Faculty of Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico)

  • Javier Gomez

    (Department of Telecommunications Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico)

  • Luis Orozco-Barbosa

    (Albacete Research Institute of Informatics, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain)

  • Abdelkrim Haqiq

    (Computer, Networks, Mobility and Modeling Laboratory (IR2M), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Hassan First University of Settat, Settat 26000, Morocco)

Abstract

The IEEE 802.11ah standard, marketed as Wi-Fi Halow, introduces a new channel access mechanism called the Restricted Access Window (RAW), aiming to provide connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications over broad areas. RAW aspires to alleviate the contention by splitting the channel access into periods and allocating each period to a given group of stations. This paper develops an analytical framework based on Probability and Renewal theories for modeling and evaluating an IEEE 802.11ah-based network implementing the RAW mechanism. We consider a Rayleigh-fading channel with the presence of the capture effect: a realistic scenario for IoT networks deployed in dense urban environments. Considering a single-hop scenario of stations randomly distributed around an Access Point (AP) and the power attenuation of transmitted packets, we model the channel access under capture awareness. As the RAW mechanism presents a time-limited contention for channel access, we develop a counting process that tracks transmissions up to the end of the contention time interval. Henceforth, we evaluate the network performance in terms of throughput. We meticulously validate the derived analytical results through extensive campaigns of discrete-event simulations. Our study evaluates the impact of different parameters on the overall performance, including the contention time, the number of stations, the number of groups, and the capture threshold. We henceforth study the impact of the capture effect on enhancing the network performance under the grouping feature introduced by the RAW mechanism. This work contributes to developing an analytical modeling framework to evaluate the performance of time-limited random access mechanisms accurately and can be an excellent basis for proposing practical scheduling algorithms to configure the RAW mechanism under non-ideal channel conditions.

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  • Hamid Taramit & José Jaime Camacho-Escoto & Javier Gomez & Luis Orozco-Barbosa & Abdelkrim Haqiq, 2022. "Accurate Analytical Model and Evaluation of Wi-Fi Halow Based IoT Networks under a Rayleigh-Fading Channel with Capture," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-29, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:10:y:2022:i:6:p:952-:d:772545
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    1. Davide Cocco & Massimiliano Giona, 2021. "Generalized Counting Processes in a Stochastic Environment," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(20), pages 1-19, October.
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