ConPA: A Contention-free Mechanism with Power Adaptation for Beyond Listen-Before-Talk (2402.14667v1)
Abstract: In view of the need to find novel means to utilize the unlicensed spectrum to meet the rising latency and reliability requirements of new applications, we propose a novel mechanism that allows devices to transmit anytime that a packet has to be delivered. The proposed mechanism, Contention-free with Power Adaptation (ConPA), aims to bypass the contention periods of current Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) approaches, which are the main source of unreliability in unlicensed technologies like Wi-Fi. To assess the feasibility of ConPA, we provide an analytical method based on Markov chains, which allows deriving relevant performance metrics, including throughput, airtime, and quality of transmissions. Using such a model, we study the performance of ConPA in various scenarios, and compare it to baseline channel access approaches like the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) and the IEEE 802.11ax Overlapping Basic Service Set (OBSS) Packet Detect (PD)-based Spatial Reuse (SR). Our results prove the effectiveness of ConPA in reusing the space to offer substantial throughput gains with respect to the baselines (up to 76% improvement).
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