Awirelesscommunicationnetworkcanbeviewedasacollectionofnodes,locatedinsomedomain,whichcaninturnbetransmittersorreceivers(dependingonthenetworkconsidered,nodesmaybemobileusers,basestationsinacellularnetwork,accesspointsofaWiFimeshetc.).Atagiventime,severalnodestransmitsimultaneously,eachtowarditsownreceiver.Eachtransmitter–receiverpairrequiresitsownwirelesslink.Thesignalreceivedfromthelinktransmittermaybejammedbythesignalsreceivedfromtheothertransmitters.EveninthesimplestmodelwherethesignalpowerradiatedfromapointdecaysinanisotropicwaywithEuclideandistance,thegeometryofthelocationsofthenodesplaysakeyrolesinceitdeterminesthesignaltointerferenceandnoiseratio(SINR)ateachreceiverandhencethepossibilityofestablishingsimultaneouslythiscollectionoflinksatagivenbitrate.Theinterferenceseenbyareceiveristhesumofthesignalpowersreceivedfromalltransmitters,exceptitsowntransmitter.
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