Maximizing throughput of finite population slotted ALOHA

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mathar, Rudolf | Žilinskas, Antanas^;

Affiliations: Institute of Statistics, Aachen University of Technology | Institute of Mathematics and Informatics & Pedagogical University, Vilnius

Note: [] This paper was written while the second author was a visiting Professor at Aachen University of Technology, granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Abstract: We consider finite population slotted ALOHA where each of n terminals may have its own transmission probability pi. Given the traffic load λ, throughput is maximized via a constrained optimization problem. The results of Abramson (1985) are obtained as special case.

Keywords: performance analysis, data transmision systems, throughput maximization

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1993-41-211

Journal: Informatica, vol. 4, no. 1-2, pp. 163-171, 1993