Enhancing Downlink Performance in Wireless Networks

Abstract

In this paper we consider using simultaneous MultiplePacket Transmission (MPT) to improve the downlink performance of wireless networks.Wealso give analytical bounds for maximum allowable arrivalrate which measures the speedup of the downlink after enhanced with MPT and our results show that the maximumarrival rate increases significantly even with a very smallcompatibility probability. We also use an approximate analytical model and simulations to study the average packetdelay and our results show that packet delay can be greatlyreduced even with a very small compatibility probability