Abstract
Network capacity investigation has been intensive in the past few years. A large body of work on wireless network capacity has appeared in the literature. However, so far most of the effort has been made on two-dimensional (2-D) wireless networks only. With the great development of wireless technologies, wireless networks are envisioned to extend from 2-D space to three-dimensional (3-D) space. In this paper, we investigate the throughput capacity of 3-D regular ad hoc networks (RANETs) and of 3-D nonhomogeneous ad hoc networks (NANETs), respectively, by employing a generalized physical model. In 3-D RANETs, we assume that the nodes are regularly placed, while in 3-D NANETs, we consider that the nodes are distributed according to a general Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process (NPP). We find both lower and upper bounds in both types of networks in a broad power propagation regime, i.e., when the path loss exponent is no less than 2. © 1993-2012 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6105604 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1304-1315 |
| Journal | IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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- nonhomogeneous ad hoc networks (NANETs)
- regular ad hoc networks (RANETs)
- Three-dimensional (3-D) wireless networks
- throughput capacity