Stochastic Petri Nets for Wireless Networks

ThisSpringerBriefpresentsresearchintheapplicationofStochasticPetriNets(SPN)totheperformanceevaluationofwirelessnetworksunderburstytraffic.ItcoverstypicalQuality-of-Serviceperformancemetricssuchasmeanthroughput，averagedelayandpacketdroppingprobability.AlongwithanintroductionofSPNbasics，theauthorsintroducethekeymotivationandchallengesofusingSPNtoanalyzetheresourcesharingperformanceinwirelessnetworks.Theauthorsexplaintwopowerfulmodelingtechniquesthattreatthewell-knownstatespaceexplosionproblem：modeldecompositionanditeration，andmodelaggregationusingstochastichigh-levelpetrinets.Thefirsttechniqueassistsinperformanceanalysisofopportunisticscheduling，Device-to-Devicecommunicationswithfullfrequencyreuseandpartialfrequencyreuse.Thesecondtechniqueisusedtoformulateawirelesschannelmodeforcross-layerperformanceanalysisinOFDMsystem.StochasticPetriNetsforWirelessNetworksrevealsusefulinsightsforthedesignofradioresourcemanagementalgorithmsandanewlineofthinkingfortheperformanceevaluationoffuturewirelessnetworks.Thismaterialisvaluableasareferenceforresearchersandprofessionalsworkinginwirelessnetworksandforadvanced-levelstudentsstudyingwirelesstechnologiesinelectricalengineeringorcomputerscience.