Title :
SaFT: Reliable Transport in Mobile Networks
Author :
Heimlicher, Simon ; Baumann, Rainer ; May, Martin ; Plattner, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. & Networks Lab., ETH Zurich
Abstract :
End-to-end transport protocols perform poorly in mobile environments, primarily due to the frequent route breaks induced by node mobility. We present a framework for hop-by-hop transport protocols and propose a new reliable transport protocol: SaFT (store-and-forward transport). We evaluate its performance in mobile ad hoc networks vis-a-vis TCP. Overall, SaFT achieves up to 3 times faster delivery of messages in such networks. We conclude that store-and-forward protocols are suited well to provide reliable communication in mobile ad hoc networks
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile radio; performance evaluation; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; SaFT; TCP; mobile ad hoc network; performance evaluation; reliable transport protocol; store-forward transport; Computer networks; Data communication; Internet; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile computing; Network topology; Proposals; Reliability engineering; Telecommunication network reliability; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0507-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0507-6
DOI :
10.1109/MOBHOC.2006.278588
