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Publication
ICUPC 1997
Conference paper
On the use of feedback information to increase throughput in multiple access radio systems
Abstract
To enhance the throughput of a slotted ALOHA control channel in a radio communication system, we present and analyze a method for estimating the number of remote stations that are attempting to transmit to a central base statio. Each of the contending remote stations randomly chooses to transmit with probability p. Our novel contribution is the use of information concerning the number of successful packet transmissions that arrive without retransmission (i.e., that are successfully received on their first transmission attempt), as a metric for accurately and robustly estimating the number of contending remote stations. This estimate is determined at the base station and then used to compared the optimal transmission probability p that us used as feedback to the remote stations for their use. The proposed estimation method is shown to provide both good steady-state performance and tracking capabilities.