TCP Performance of CSMA/CA Wireless Networks in Different MCS and PPP Settings

The popularity of CSMA/CA based wireless networks such as IEEE 802.11 standards has resulted in deployment of many wireless network zones in various areas such as residences and public spaces. To analyze and improve the performance of these wireless networks, many researchers recently have adopted methods from stochastic geometry theory. However, for more realistic analysis of wireless networks, we think elastic Internet flows such as TCP traffic need to be considered along with stochastic geometry setups. In this paper, we use Poisson point process to model the geographic distribution of IEEE 802.11a access points in given areas and evaluate TCP performance in various scenarios such as different AP densities and MCS levels through simulations.