Evaluation of a distributed broadcast scheduling protocol for multihop radio networks

In Ma and Lloyd (1998) we introduced a fully distributed algorithm (FDAS) for broadcast scheduling in multihop packet radio networks. In this paper we analyze the performance of that algorithm relative to non distributed broadcast scheduling algorithms and to a random access method. Both analytical and simulation results are presented. These analyses establish that FDAS has superior throughput and medium access delay performance at both the node and system levels.