Performance of a beacon enabled IEEE 802.15.4 cluster with downlink and uplink traffic

The performance of an IEEE 802.15.4 compliant network operating in the beacon enabled mode with both downlink and uplink traffic is analyzed through discrete time Markov chains and the theory of M/G/1 queues. The model considers acknowledged transmissions and includes the impact of different network and traffic parameters such as the packet arrival rate, packet size, inactive period between the beacons, and the number of stations. We investigate...