The analysis of networks that use RTS/CTS has been considered difficult because of the complex behaviors of RTS/CTS.
The present paper introduces a novel approach to the analysis of throughput for networks that use RTS/CTS by considering one-way flow in string multi-hop networks.
The end-to-end network maximum throughput is obtained by analyzing the maximum throughput of bottleneck nodes.
This analysis provides the transmission failure probability considering not only RTS-RTS collisions but also the influence of the Network Allocation Vector (NAV).
A simulation is carried out, and a comparison of the analytical and simulated results validates the proposed analytical expressions.
Index Terms—IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), Request To Send/Clear To Send (RTS/CTS), Maximum
throughput analysis, bottleneck node