Implementing message priority policies over an 802.11 based mobile ad hoc network

Author

Pallot, Xavier ; Miller, Leonard E.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Technol. Group, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

860

Abstract

In a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) for military or emergency applications, it is required to give priority to certain messages or message sources. In this paper, mechanisms are considered for implementing priority treatment of packets in a MANET using the DSR ad hoc network multihop routing protocol based on modifying an IEEE 802.11 MAC layer operating in the distributed mode. The mechanisms include queuing in order of priority and several methods for giving higher priority messages an advantage in contending for channel access. Simulation results are given for OPNET models of these schemes.

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; emergency services; military communication; mobile computing; mobile radio; packet radio networks; queueing theory; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; wireless LAN; DSR multihop routing protocol; IEEE 802. 11; MAC layer; MANET; OPNET models; channel access contention; distributed mode; emergency applications; message priority policies; military applications; mobile ad hoc network; packet priority treatment; queuing; simulation; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Communications technology; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; NIST; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985962

Filename

985962