Title :
Towards Multicast Delay Analysis for Ad hoc Wireless Networks
Author :
Sithitavorn, K. ; Wilson, C. ; Qiu, B.
Author_Institution :
Monash Univ., Melbourne
Abstract :
Delay performance of packet transmission in wireless ad hoc networks is highly dependent on the underlying medium access control (MAC) protocol. Since most delay-sensitive applications are transmitted in a multicast fashion, a dedicated access model for multicast is, therefore, needed to represent the actual characteristics of multicast packet access mechanisms. In this paper, a multicast station model is developed in order to provide an anticipated next-hop delay performance prediction, which can be used in a network layer for providing guarantee quality of service (QoS) in an ad hoc multicast network. Based on the assumption of unsaturated traffic, the multicast model is able to provide accurate estimation of access delay values when compared with simulations of access delay.
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; delays; multicast communication; quality of service; MAC protocol; QoS; ad hoc wireless networks; anticipated next-hop delay performance prediction; medium access control protocol; multicast delay analysis; multicast packet access; multicast station model; packet transmission; quality of service; Access protocols; Delay estimation; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Predictive models; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; Delay metric; IEEE 802.11 MAC; Performance Analysis; Wireless Multicast;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Science, 2007. ICIS 2007. 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2841-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIS.2007.186
