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Copyright © 2011 Springer. This version of the article is the authors final draft post-refereeing. The article was published in the Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal by Springer in 2011. The original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-010-0559-2 and via this link to the publishers website http://www.springerlink.com/content/f8u67g09x6405872/?MUD=MP

Abstract

Multimedia applications in multihop wireless networks have great market potential. Multiple channels and multiple radios are commonly used to explore multimedia transmissions in multihop wireless networks. Split transmission allows multiple channels attached to different radios to be used simultaneously, and so to achieve a fundamentally improved transmission capacity. The goal of this paper is to present a theoretical background to justify the improved performance of split transmission. We theoretically study and derive formulae to study the improvement in worst-case delay, average throughput and average delay jitter when using split transmission as opposed to non-split transmission. We believe that this is the first attempt to consider split transmission in theory.

Disciplines

Computer and Systems Architecture | Computer Engineering | Digital Communications and Networking | Hardware Systems | Systems and Communications

Recommended Citation

Tu, W., Grout, V. & Excell, P. (2011) 'Performance Evaluation of Split Transmission in Multihop Wireless Networks', Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 54, Issue 3 pp. 589- 607