Topology control for ad hoc networks with directional antennas

Author

Huang, Zhuochuan ; Shen, Chien-Chung ; Srisathapornphat, Chavalit ; Jaikaeo, Chaiporn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

14-16 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Topology control for ad hoc networks aims to increase effective network capacity and conserve energy. Most proposed algorithms assume the use of isotropic antennas and thus only adjust the transmission power of each node. We propose a distributed topology control mechanism for ad hoc networks with directional antennas that adjusts antenna pattern (direction) in addition to transmission power. Simulation studies have been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, as well as to investigate its benefits and impacts on application layer performance.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; antenna radiation patterns; array signal processing; directive antennas; mobile radio; network topology; power control; telecommunication control; ad hoc networks; antenna pattern; directional antennas; distributed topology control; mobile nodes; multihop wireless channels; transmission power adjustment; Ad hoc networks; Collaborative work; Communication system control; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Distributed algorithms; Distributed control; Network topology; Routing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2002. Proceedings. Eleventh International Conference on

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7553-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2002.1043039

Filename

1043039