IV. COMPARISON OF THE ANALYTICAL AND SIMULATED RESULTS
Next, we derive the maximum throughput in the string multi-hop network. Table I shows the system parameters assumed in the analysis and simulation. We assume IEEE 802.11a and set 500 bytes as the data payload size. According to the present analysis, the maximum throughput is 1.534 Mbps when x∗ = 0.077.
The network topology used for the present simulation is as shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2, Node 1 generates User Datagram Protocol (UDP) traffic and transmits to Node 20 with RTS/CTS. Throughputs are measured ten times for each offered load, and each measurement took 30 seconds.