Experimental Analysis of Concurrent Packet Transmissions in Low-Power Wireless Networks. Son, D., Krishnamachari, B., & Heidemann, J. Technical Report ISI-TR-2005-609, USC/Information Sciences Institute, December, 2005.
Experimental Analysis of Concurrent Packet Transmissions in Low-Power Wireless Networks [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
We undertake a systematic experimental study of the effects of concurrent packet transmissions in low-power wireless networks. Our measurements, conducted with Mica2 motes equipped with CC1000 radios, confirm that guaranteeing successful packet reception with high probability in the presence of concurrent transmissions requires that the \emphsignal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) exceed a critical threshold. However, groups of radios show a wide gray region of about 6dB. We find that this occurs because the SINR threshold can vary significantly depending on the measured signal power and radio hardware. We find that it is harder to estimate the level of interference in the presence of multiple interferers. We also find that the measured SINR threshold generally increases with the number of interferers. Our study offers a better understanding of concurrent transmissions and suggests richer interference models and useful guidelines to improve the design and analysis of wireless network protocols.
@TechReport{Son05a,
	author = "Dongjin Son and Bhaskar Krishnamachari and John Heidemann",
	title = 	"Experimental Analysis of Concurrent Packet Transmissions in Low-Power Wireless Networks",
	institution = 	"USC/Information Sciences Institute",
	year = 		2005,
	sortdate = "2005-12-01",
	project = "ilense, macss",
	jsubject = "wireless_propagation",
	number =	"ISI-TR-2005-609",
	month =		dec,
	location =	"johnh: pafile",
	keywords =	"concurrent packet transmission, capture
                         effect, radio models",
	otherurl =	"ftp://ftp.isi.edu/isi-pubs/tr-609.pdf",
	url =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Son05a.html",
	pdfurl =	"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Son05a.pdf",
	copyrightholder = "authors",
	abstract = "
We undertake a systematic experimental study of the effects of
concurrent packet transmissions in low-power wireless networks. Our
measurements, conducted with Mica2 motes equipped with CC1000 radios,
confirm that guaranteeing successful packet reception with high
probability in the presence of concurrent transmissions requires that
the \emph{signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR)} exceed a
critical threshold. However, groups of radios show a wide gray region
of about 6dB. We find that this occurs because the SINR threshold can
vary significantly depending on the measured signal power and radio
hardware.  We find that it is harder to estimate the level of
interference in the presence of multiple interferers. We also find
that the measured SINR threshold generally increases with the number
of interferers. Our study offers a better understanding of concurrent
transmissions and suggests richer interference models and useful
guidelines to improve the design and analysis of wireless network
protocols.
",
}

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