Title :
A novel solution for global connectivity in MANET
Author :
Hoang, Vinh Dien ; Shao, Zhenhai ; Fujise, Masayuki ; Nguyen, Hoang Minh
Author_Institution :
Wireless Commun. Lab., Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Providing an effective Internet access solution for mobile nodes in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a challenging task because of the dynamic nature of the ad hoc network. This dynamic nature leads to difficulties in addressing, routing and data delivery. In this paper, we proposed a new solution for Internet access by using multiple access routers (ARs) simultaneously. This brings a lot of benefits such as effective soft-handoff, throughput improvement, load balancing between ARs, etc. In addition, hierarchical mobile IP (HMIP) is incorporated into our solution to speed up handoff, and to maintain the Internet connection using the regional care of address (RCoA). The simulation results for both proactive and reactive ad hoc routing protocols with two ARs show an improvement of network throughput, especially in the small sized network.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; ad hoc networks; internetworking; mobile radio; routing protocols; HMIP; Internet access; MANET global connectivity; RCoA; access router load balancing; autoconfiguration; hierarchical mobile IP; hybrid networks; internetworking; mobile ad hoc network; multiple access routers; proactive ad hoc routing protocols; reactive ad hoc routing protocols; regional care of address; soft-handoff; throughput improvement; Ad hoc networks; Communications technology; IP networks; Laboratories; Load management; Mobile ad hoc networks; Routing protocols; Throughput; Web and internet services; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8521-7
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2004.1400573