The Influence of Receiver Selection Strategy on Packet Success Probability in Ad Hoc Network

Considering the importance of the receiver (RX) selection strategy for the packet success probability (PSP) in ad hoc network, this paper probes into the PSPs with nearest RX selection strategy and farthest RX selection strategy and determines the number of hops with the two strategies. Next, the performance of the successful transmission probability (STP) and PSP were discussed through numerical simulation with the above mentioned two strategies. The simulation results show that the PSP is affected by the terminal density, the RX selection strategy, the packet length and the STP; the number of hops mainly depends on the terminal density, the RX selection strategy, the length between the source TX and the destination RX. Furthermore, the nearest RX selection strategy and the farthest RX selection strategy differ insignificantly in the packet transmission duration between source TX to destination RX at a small terminal density.