Spatial Backoff in Wireless Networks Xue Yang Nitin Vaidya University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Work-in-Progress Session, Sigcomm 2005
Medium Access Control Shared wireless channel Need mechanisms to resolve contention
Temporal Contention Resolution Transmissions compete for time Separate transmissions in time B A
Traditional View Contention level a given Adapt behavior to given contention level Examples: Aloha Ethernet IEEE 802.11
Alternate View: Spatial Contention Resolution Transmissions compete for space Space “occupied” by a transmission can be controlled to control temporal contention
Controlling Temporal Contention B
Controlling Temporal Contention “Space” occupied by A A C B Circular shape only for convenience
B A
Controlling Temporal Contention B
B A Smaller occupied space B A
Spatial Contention Resolution Control occupied space by adapting transmit rate/power/carrier-sensing Goal: Occupied space Desired contention level
Implementing Spatial Contention Resolution Example: Joint adaptation of transmission rate and carrier-sense threshold Adapting one parameter insufficient to suitably control space
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