naa a22 4500 510798187 CHVBK 20180411083344.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11277-013-1155-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11277-013-1155-3 A Flexible Analytical Markov Model for the IEEE 802.15.4 Unslotted Mechanism in Single-Hop Hierarchical Wireless Networks with Hidden Nodes [Elektronische Daten] [Ioakeim Samaras, George Hassapis] In this paper, an analytical Markov model (AMM) for the IEEE 802.15.4 unslotted CSMA/CA mechanism in single-hop hierarchical wireless networks (HWN) with hidden nodes is presented. The proposed AMM is flexible enough to operate both in saturation and non-saturation regions. Its prediction accuracy was compared with that of two well known models in the literature as well as with simulation results obtained by using the network simulator (NS)-2. The comparison has indicated that when $$r$$ , which denotes the maximum frame retransmission attempts, is set to zero and one-tier single-hop HWN with no hidden nodes is considered, the proposed AMM predicts the simulation results with a very small mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). Similarly, when a single-hop HWN with two tiers and hidden nodes is considered, then only one of the two well known models is applicable and the proposed AMM predictions present the smallest MAPE over the simulation results. Lastly, in the case of four-tier single-hop HWN with hidden nodes, only the proposed AMM is applicable and it predicts the simulation results at a respectable level of accuracy. When $$r>0$$ and the unslotted mechanism continues by incrementing the number of retransmission attempt by one upon channel access failure events, only the proposed AMM can imitate the behavior of the NS-2 IEEE 802.15.4 module. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Hidden node nationallicence IEEE 802.15.4 nationallicence Markov chains nationallicence M/G/1 queue nationallicence Samaras Ioakeim Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece aut Hassapis George Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece aut Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 72/4(2013-10-01), 2389-2424 0929-6212 72:4<2389 2013 72 11277 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1155-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1155-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Samaras Ioakeim Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hassapis George Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 72/4(2013-10-01), 2389-2424 0929-6212 72:4<2389 2013 72 11277 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer