Method for evaluating performance of a data communication network

摘要

- 44 METHOD FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK A method for evaluating performance of a data communication network with a receiver node arranged to initiate data transmission thereto from a plurality of transmitter nodes directly connected therewith. The method comprising applying a stochastic operation model to the data communication network, 10 wherein the stochastic operation model is arranged to model operation characteristics of the receiver node, and determining throughput or power consumption of the data communication network based on the stochastic operation model. The operation characteristics include: a duration of a work cycle of the receiver node (Tcycie), wherein the work cycle includes an active 15 data communication period (Thold) and an inactive period (Tdwe11); a duration of the active data communication period (Thold), wherein the active data communication period includes a number of data communication events; the number of data communication events in the work cycle n; a duration of the respective data communication events (Ttx); and amount of data successfully 20 received at the receiver node in the work cycle (Bi). C* $A' k 0:0