Performance of Contention Bus Networks with Baseband Captures

Title: Performance of Contention Bus Networks with Baseband Captures Author: Ward, Dale Abstract: Power capture is the characteristic of one signal overpowering the others in contention for a receiver. In a multiple access network which employs contention protocol, occurrence of capture helps a receiver distinguish correctly one signal given that multiple transmissions overlap over the common channel. It has been reported in the literature that performance of radio networks could substantially be higher in the presence of captures than it is without captures. The captures involved in radio networks are primarily FM captures. In this paper, we examine the effect of baseband captures on performance of contention bus networks. In particular, we show that signal attenuations on a cable channel could produce a significant chance of captures and hence greatly lift the throughput. Description: International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1988 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada