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CS 5253 Workshop 1: MAC Protocol and Traffic Model
CS 5253 Workshop 1: MAC Protocol and Traffic Model
Note that all packets have the same length because the
throughput of ALOHA systems is maximized by having a
uniform packet size.
Throughput
• Throughput:
– The number of packets successfully transmitted
through the channel per packet time.
Packets
On-Off Source
Constant bit
rate R
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interarrival time
Interrupted Poisson Process (IPP)
Poisson process
with rate
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