Markov Modeling Methods for Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Protocol
Fan Wang, Suoping Li, Zufang Dou, Duo Peng · 2018
As the mainstream standard of WLANs, analyzing the performance of IEEE 802.11 protocol has been a research hotspot in the field of communication. In many research methods, the mathematical model based on Markov chain is one of the most popular methods for performance analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF. This paper classifies Markov chains as one-dimension, two-dimension and three-dimension, introduces their application in analyzing the performance of 802.11 DCF respectively and summarizes their characteristic. The results proposed in this paper show that the appropriate dimension of Markov chain needs to be selected according to the complexity of the improved MAC protocol and considered communication scenarios.