We consider the problem of distributed scheduling in wireless networks subject to simple collision constraints. In a network depletion problem with an initial traffic load and no further arrivals, we define the scheduling efficiency to be the ratio between the number of time slots required to deplete the network under an optimal centralized scheduling scheme and a distributed greedy scheduling scheme. In a network with stochastic arrivals, we define the scheduling efficiency to be the largest number (fraction) such that its throughput is at least equal to the efficiency multiplied by the throughput of a centralized policy. For 802.11-like scheduling constraints which ensure that there is no collision during the reception of a data packet or its ack, we prove a lower bound on the efficiency of a distributed scheduling algorithm. While the tightness of the lower bound is still open for networks with stochastic arrivals, we also prove an upper bound for the network depletion problem which shows that the efficiency can only be larger than the lower bound by a factor of two. The upper bound is established by deriving a new result on the ratio of the chromatic number to the number of colors required to color the nodes of a contention graph using a greedy coloring algorithm. Our results are not asymptotic in the number of nodes in the network, i.e, they hold for networks of any size. For a collision constraint which only avoids collision of the data packet, we also provide a lower bound on the achievable capacity region.

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Abstract-We present statistical models to accurately evaluate the distribution of the lifetime of a wireless link in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) in which nodes move randomly within constrained areas. We show that link lifetime can be computed through a two-state Markov model and further apply the computed statistics to the optimization of segmentation schemes of information stream. Summarizing all these results, we further provide comprehensive analysis on throughput, delay, and storage requirements for MANETs with restricted node mobility.