Wireless Internet. 10th International Conference, WiCON 2017, Tianjin, China, December 16-17, 2017, Proceedings

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Performance Evaluation of Multi-channel CSMA for Machine-to-Machine Communication

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-90802-1_3,
        author={Changwei Zhang and Xinghua Sun and Jun Zhang and Hongbo Zhu},
        title={Performance Evaluation of Multi-channel CSMA for Machine-to-Machine Communication},
        proceedings={Wireless Internet. 10th International Conference, WiCON 2017, Tianjin, China, December 16-17, 2017, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={WICON},
        year={2018},
        month={5},
        keywords={M2M Multi-channel CSMA Delay Energy efficiency},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-90802-1_3}
    }
    
  • Changwei Zhang
    Xinghua Sun
    Jun Zhang
    Hongbo Zhu
    Year: 2018
    Performance Evaluation of Multi-channel CSMA for Machine-to-Machine Communication
    WICON
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90802-1_3
Changwei Zhang1,*, Xinghua Sun1,*, Jun Zhang,*, Hongbo Zhu1,*
  • 1: Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
*Contact email: 1215012230@njupt.edu.cn, xinghua.sun@njupt.edu.cn, zhangjun@njupt.edu.cn, zhuhb@njupt.edu.cn

Abstract

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication aims to exchange information among a large number of devices without human interference. When more and more devices are connected, nevertheless, serious delay and energy efficiency problems may emerge due to massive access. In this paper, we apply a multi-channel Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) protocol for M2M communications where the frequency band is divided into several sub-bands. It is found that whether the band partitioning offers performance gains in terms of the delay and energy efficiency performance is critically determined by the traffic load. When the traffic load exceeds certain thresholds, a larger number of sub-channels is preferable. Moreover, it is found that the packet size and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) have a crucial effect on the thresholds. Based on this, the number of sub-channels can be optimally chosen accordingly to make sure that the system operates in the optimum working zone.