The emergence of wireless and personal communication networks has
brought random access protocols for packet radio networks back to the
research forefronts. Most such protocols are based on the ever popular
ALOHA protocol. Unfortunately, this protocol is inherently unstable and
requires sophisticated schemes to stabilize it. Another class of random
access schemes, called limited sensing or stack algorithms, has been
proposed that is stable and allows for the dynamic incorporation of
new stations into the network. In this paper, we will review the simple
to implement n-ary Stack Algorithm, and we will study its performance
under various system parameters in the presence of capture, and also
in the presence of feedback errors. Finally, we will investigate its
maximum throughput for various traffic generation processes.
By: Chatschik Bisdikian
Published in: RC20370 in 1996
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