On the Performance of TDMA Protocols Under Self-Similar Traffic: A Simulation Study
K. A. Theodoridis, Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Andreas S. Pomportsis · SIMULATION · 2002
Time division multiple-access (TDMA) protocols have been designed to operate primarily under uniform traffic patterns. However, real traffic measurements have proven to be rather self-similar. In this article, the authors examine the performance and behavior of TDMA family protocols (TDMA, RTDMA, LTDMA) under self-similar traffic. The comparison of the simulation results of the above protocols showed the superiority of LTDMA, which exhibits remarkably high throughput-delay performance.