Capacity compatible 2-level link state routing for ad hoc networks with mobile clusterheads

Author

Sucec, John ; Marsic, Ivan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1196

Abstract

The throughput of a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is determined by the transceiver link capacity available at each node and the type of traffic pattern that is prevalent in the network. In order for a routing protocol to be scalable, its control overhead must not exceed transceiver link capacity. To achieve capacity compatible routing, hierarchical techniques may be employed. This paper describes how link state routing, with a single layer of hierarchy, provides sufficient scalability for MANETs where the traffic pattern consists of unicast communication between arbitrary pairs of nodes.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; radio links; routing protocols; telecommunication traffic; transceivers; MANET; arbitrary node pairs; capacity compatible routing; control overhead; hierarchical techniques; link state routing; mobile ad hoc networks; mobile clusterhead; routing protocols; scalability; traffic patterns; transceiver link capacity; unicast communication; Ad hoc networks; Aggregates; Communication system traffic control; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Peer to peer computing; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200541

Filename

1200541