Summary: Optimal multicast throughput in random access
networks of general topology
Brooke Shrader
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Email: bshrader@umd.edu
Matthew Andrews
Bell Laboratories
Alcatel-Lucent
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
Email: andrews@research.bell-labs.com
Abstract--We consider multicast transmissions in a
wireless ad hoc network where nodes randomly compete
for access to a shared channel. Our goal is in optimizing
a weighted proportional fairness objective of the network
throughput. We consider two different forms of multicast:
non-guaranteed and guaranteed. In both cases, we char-
acterize the multicast throughput and provide schemes to
compute the optimal channel access probabilities.

Source: Andrews, Matthew - Mathematics of Networks and Systems, Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Bell Laboratories

Collections: Mathematics; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences