ABSTRACT
With the growing importance of wireless ad hoc networks (particularly in applications such as wireless local area networks and ad hoc sensor networks), it is important to develop an understanding of their performance. Performance analysis of wireless ad hoc networks is a challenging task because such analysis must take into account the interactions between the wireless physical layer, radio propagation, multiple access, random topology, routing, and the characteristics of the application that generates the traffic carried by the network. In this paper, we discuss the major issues in the performance of wireless ad hoc networks in light of recent research in this area. Among the topics surveyed are capacity scaling results, stochastic capacity, Bluetooth performance, and the performance of the transmission control protocol (TCP).
