773 research outputs found
Throughput Analysis for Wireless Networks with Full-Duplex Radios
This paper investigates the throughput for wireless network with full-duplex
radios using stochastic geometry. Full-duplex (FD) radios can exchange data
simultaneously with each other. On the other hand, the downside of FD
transmission is that it will inevitably cause extra interference to the network
compared to half-duplex (HD) transmission. In this paper, we focus on a
wireless network of nodes with both HD and FD capabilities and derive and
optimize the throughput in such a network. Our analytical result shows that if
the network is adapting an ALOHA protocol, the maximal throughput is always
achieved by scheduling all concurrently transmitting nodes to work in FD mode
instead of a mixed FD/HD mode or HD mode regardless of the network
configurations. Moreover, the throughput gain of using FD transmission over HD
transmission is analytically lower and upper bounded.Comment: 4 figure
An Analog Baseband Approach for Designing Full-Duplex Radios
Recent wireless testbed implementations have proven that full-duplex
communication is in fact possible and can outperform half-duplex systems. Many
of these implementations modify existing half-duplex systems to operate in
full-duplex. To realize the full potential of full-duplex, radios need to be
designed with self-interference in mind. In our work, we use an experimental
setup with a patch antenna prototype to characterize the self-interference
channel between two radios. In doing so, we form an analytical model to design
analog baseband cancellation techniques. We show that our cancellation scheme
can provide up to 10 dB improved signal strength, 2.5 bps/Hz increase in rate,
and a 10,000 improvement in BER as compared to the RF only cancellation
provided by the patch antenna.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures, to appear in 2013 Asilomar Conference proceeding
Providing End-to-End Delay Guarantees for Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks over Unreliable Channels
Wireless sensor networks have been increasingly used for real-time
surveillance over large areas. In such applications, it is important to support
end-to-end delay constraints for packet deliveries even when the corresponding
flows require multi-hop transmissions. In addition to delay constraints, each
flow of real-time surveillance may require some guarantees on throughput of
packets that meet the delay constraints. Further, as wireless sensor networks
are usually deployed in challenging environments, it is important to
specifically consider the effects of unreliable wireless transmissions.
In this paper, we study the problem of providing end-to-end delay guarantees
for multi-hop wireless networks. We propose a model that jointly considers the
end-to-end delay constraints and throughput requirements of flows, the need for
multi-hop transmissions, and the unreliable nature of wireless transmissions.
We develop a framework for designing feasibility-optimal policies. We then
demonstrate the utility of this framework by considering two types of systems:
one where sensors are equipped with full-duplex radios, and the other where
sensors are equipped with half-duplex radios. When sensors are equipped with
full-duplex radios, we propose an online distributed scheduling policy and
proves the policy is feasibility-optimal. We also provide a heuristic for
systems where sensors are equipped with half-duplex radios. We show that this
heuristic is still feasibility-optimal for some topologies
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