COVER PAGE A Framework for Analysis of Connectivity and Performance Bounds in Ad Hoc Networks and Its Application to a Slotted-ALOHA Scenario

In this paper, a framework is proposed to analyse the problems of connectivity and performance in ad-hoc networks through an analytical approach. To this aim, available results about the application of the percolation theory to the study of connectivity in ad-hoc network are exploited jointly with communication theory models in order to derive the configuration of the network parameters that ensures long range connectivity among nodes and the corresponding available capacity on the wireless medium. The framework is then applied to a slotted ALOHA adhoc network. Theoretical and numerical results validate the approach and allow the derivation of interesting design principles for ad-hoc networks that consider the impact of physical and MAClevel parameters on network connectivity and end-to-end performance. A Framework for Analysis of Connectivity and Performance Bounds in Ad Hoc Networks and Its Application to a Slotted-ALOHA Scenario Fabrizio Granelli, Member, IEEE Abstract: In this paper, a framework is proposed to analyse the problems of connectivity and performance in ad-hoc networks through an analytical approach. To this aim, available results about the application of the percolation theory to the study of connectivity in ad-hoc network are exploited jointly with communication theory models in order to derive the configuration of the network parameters that ensures long range connectivity among nodes and the corresponding available capacity on the wireless medium. The framework is then applied to a slotted ALOHA adhoc network. Theoretical and numerical results validate the approach and allow the derivation of interesting design principles for ad-hoc networks that consider the impact of physical and MAClevel parameters on network connectivity and end-to-end performance. In this paper, a framework is proposed to analyse the problems of connectivity and performance in ad-hoc networks through an analytical approach. To this aim, available results about the application of the percolation theory to the study of connectivity in ad-hoc network are exploited jointly with communication theory models in order to derive the configuration of the network parameters that ensures long range connectivity among nodes and the corresponding available capacity on the wireless medium. The framework is then applied to a slotted ALOHA adhoc network. Theoretical and numerical results validate the approach and allow the derivation of interesting design principles for ad-hoc networks that consider the impact of physical and MAClevel parameters on network connectivity and end-to-end performance.