Link Lifetime as a Function of Node Mobility in MANETs with Restricted Mobility: Modeling and Applications

Author

Wu, Xianren ; Sadjadpour, Hamid R. ; Garcia-Luna-Aceves, J.J.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

fYear

2007

fDate

16-20 April 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

We present statistical models to accurately evaluate the distribution of the lifetime of a wireless link in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) in which nodes move randomly within constrained areas. We show that link lifetime can be computed through a two-state Markov model and further apply the computed statistics to the optimization of segmentation schemes of information stream. Summarizing all these results, we further provide comprehensive analysis on throughput, delay, and storage requirements for MANETs with restricted node mobility.

Keywords

Markov processes; ad hoc networks; mobile radio; radio links; MANET; information stream; mobile ad hoc network; node mobility; restricted mobility; segmentation schemes; statistical models; two-state Markov model; wireless link lifetime; Access protocols; Analytical models; Availability; Delay; Military computing; Mobile ad hoc networks; Routing protocols; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops, 2007. WiOpt 2007. 5th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Limassol

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0960-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0961-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480023

Filename

4480023