Formal Analysis of MAC in IEEE 802.11p with Probabilistic Model Checking

Conghua Zhou, Yong Wang, Meiling Cao, Jianqi Shi, Yang Liu

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Abstract

In vehicular ad-hoc network, Media Access Control (MAC) is one of the technologies which determine whether the information is transferred reliably and timely or not. It is also a key to the quality of service of self organization networks. Some behaviors of the MAC protocol can be estimated by experiment and simulation. But the main drawback of these methods is that the estimation can not be accurate to support the enough confidence. In this paper, we complete the precise analysis of the MAC protocol by probabilistic model checking. First, based on the nature of MAC, its dynamic behavior is abstracted into a probabilistic timed automata which can describe non-deterministic, continuous time and the probability selection of MAC. Then we calculate the probability of the data sent successfully and the probability of the backoff counter reaching the maximum value. The analysis result shows that the probability of conflict in 802.11p is much smaller than the 802.11 standard. Therefore the waiting time in 802.11p is significantly reduced and in the case of fast-moving, the data can be sent timely. Further we calculate the maximum expect conflict number under the different values of maximum backoff and the longest time to complete the data transmission. The result shows that when the value of maximum backoff increases, the number of collisions that occurred in 802.11p tends to be stable, which is less than the 802.11 standard's collisions, and the average speed of the data transmission in 802.11p is as four times faster as the 802.11 standard.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering, TASE 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages55-62
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781467376129
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Oct 2015
EventInternational Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering, TASE 2015 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 12 Sep 201514 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering, TASE 2015

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering, TASE 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period12/09/1514/09/15

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.11p
  • media access control
  • probabilistic model checking
  • probabilistic timed automata

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