Wireless Networks with Limited Side Information: PHY and MAC Layer Analysis

The common goal of new protocols, such as 4G, WiMax, and Mesh, is to achieve higher aggregate data rate. This goal can be achieved only by minimizing the inefficiencies in the network. A large part of the inefficiencies is related to unknown parameters such as wireless channel, link quality, and queue state. Although these unknown parameters are implicitly or explicitly available at sources and destinations in a network, they are commonly neglected in design of protocols. In this thesis we analyze the performance gain obtained by utilizing partial information about two unknown parameters, namely wireless channel and user’s queue state.