@article {IOPORT.05564136, author = {Lee, Yutae and Chung, Min Young and Lee, Tae-Jin}, title = {Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF under nonsaturation condition.}, year = {2008}, journal = {Mathematical Problems in Engineering}, volume = {2008}, issn = {1024-123X}, pages = {Article ID 574197, 17 p.}, publisher = {Hindawi Publishing Corporation, New York, NY}, doi = {10.1155/2008/574197}, abstract = {Summary: Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) methods are considered to be attractive MAC protocols for wireless LANs. IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function (DCF) is a random channel access scheme based on CSMA/CA method and the binary slotted exponential backoff procedure to reduce the packet collision. In this paper, we propose a new analytical model for a nonsaturated IEEE 802.11 DCF network and evaluate its performance. We verify our model using simulations and show that our results agree with the simulations.}, identifier = {05564136}, }