Bounds on throughput capacity of MANETs

Abstract

The simultaneous transmissions in ad hoc networks limits its per-user rate. So it is imperative to understand the fundamental capacity performance limits, in terms of throughput and delay, of ad-hoc wireless networks, with the goal of designing resource allocation (power control, medium access, routing...) algorithms that allow to reach these performance limits. A new line of research has been initiated which is the asymptotic throughput of dense wireless networks, it has been established as a function of the number of nodes in the network.