Title :
Investigation of Channel Formation in a MANET
Author :
Patel, Kerul ; DeDourek, John ; Pochec, Przemyslaw
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Abstract :
We investigate the channel formation in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) using the NS-2 simulator. The results show that the normalized node density is a good measure for predicting the performance of a MANET: for the normalized node density of 2.8 two nodes in a MANET running the AODV routing protocol stay connected 90% of the time. For the DSR protocol this is only 70%. The results may be used in deciding how many nodes would be required in a MANET to cover a particular area, and as a future benchmark for comparing different MANET routing protocols.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile radio; routing protocols; AODV routing protocol; DSR protocol; NS-2 simulator; channel formation; mobile ad hoc network; normalized node density; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Routing; Routing protocols; Wireless communication; MANET; NS-2 simulation; channel formation; normalized node density;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC), 2010 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7789-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4145-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSNC.2010.42
