  The discrepancy between the upper bound on throughput in wireless networks
and the throughput scaling in random networks which is also known as the
connectivity-throughput trade-off is analyzed. In a random network with
$\lambda$ nodes per unit area, throughput is found to scale by a factor of
$\sqrt{\log{\lambda}}$ worse compared to the upper bound which is due to the
uncertainty in the nodes' location. In the present model, nodes are assumed to
know their geographical location and to employ power control, which we
understand as an additional degree of freedom to improve network performance.
The expected throughput-progress and the expected packet delay normalized to
the one-hop progress are chosen as performance metrics. These metrics are
investigated for a nearest neighbor forwarding strategy, which benefits from
power control by reducing transmission power and, hence spatial contention. It
is shown that the connectivity-throughput trade-off can be resolved if nodes
employ a nearest neighbor forwarding strategy, achieving the upper bound on
throughput on average also in a random network while ensuring asymptotic
connectivity. In this case, the optimal throughput-delay scaling trade-off is
also achieved.
