Performance Evaluation of Multihop Packet Radio Networks by Simulation
Abstract
Packet switched networks provide an efficient and flexible method for interconnecting geographically distributed users for the purpose of digital data transmission. In packet radio networks, nodes transmit packets over multiple- access broadcast radio channels instead of wire, cable or fiber optics links. If the destination node of a packet is not within the power range of its source node, intermediate nodes are needed to deliver the packet in a store-and-forward fashion. Therefore, multihop packet radio networks have both the multiple-access feature typical of broadcast networks and the store-and-forward feature of point-to-point networks. Since only under restrictive assumptions is performance analysis tractable, simulation techniques must be used. (jes)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA221667
Entities
People
- David H. Shur
Organizations
- Stanford University