Throughput Scaling in Random Wireless Networks: A Non-Hierarchical Multipath Routing Strategy

dc.creatorJosan, Awlok
dc.creatorLiu, Mingyan
dc.creatorNeuhoff, David L.
dc.creatorPradhan, S. Sandeep
dc.date2007-10-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:34:56Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:34:56Z
dc.descriptionFranceschetti et al. have recently shown that per-node throughput in an extended, ad hoc wireless network with $Θ(n)$ randomly distributed nodes and multihop routing can be increased from the $Ω({1 \over \sqrt{n} \log n})$ scaling demonstrated in the seminal paper of Gupta and Kumar to $Ω({1 \over \sqrt{n}})$. The goal of the present paper is to understand the dependence of this interesting result on the principal new features it introduced relative to Gupta-Kumar: (1) a capacity-based formula for link transmission bit-rates in terms of received signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR); (2) hierarchical routing from sources to destinations through a system of communal highways; and (3) cell-based routes constructed by percolation. The conclusion of the present paper is that the improved throughput scaling is principally due to the percolation-based routing, which enables shorter hops and, consequently, less interference. This is established by showing that throughput $Ω({1 \over \sqrt{n}})$ can be attained by a system that does not employ highways, but instead uses percolation to establish, for each source-destination pair, a set of $Θ(\log n)$ routes within a narrow routing corridor running from source to destination. As a result, highways are not essential. In addition, it is shown that throughput $Ω({1 \over \sqrt{n}})$ can be attained with the original threshold transmission bit-rate model, provided that node transmission powers are permitted to grow with $n$. Thus, the benefit of the capacity bit-rate model is simply to permit the power to remain bounded, even as the network expands.
dc.description7 Pages, 4 Figures, 2007 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1626
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1626
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/139609
dc.subjectInformation Theory
dc.titleThroughput Scaling in Random Wireless Networks: A Non-Hierarchical Multipath Routing Strategy
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