Multi-rate aware topology control in multi-hop ad hoc networks

Author

Zou, Shihong ; Cheng, Shiduan ; Lin, Yu

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Networking & Switching, Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 March 2005

Firstpage

2207

Abstract

The problem of topology control in multi-rate multihop ad hoc networks is studied and a multi-rate aware topology control algorithm (MATC) is proposed in the paper. MATC fully takes the inherent multi-rate property of wireless networks into account. It removes some low rate links while preserving the network connectivity. On the basis of MATC, on-demand routing protocols can find the optimal route in the one-hop range. Extensive simulations show that MATC can significantly improve the network throughput.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; routing protocols; telecommunication network topology; wireless LAN; DCF; IEEE 802.11 protocol; MATC; distributed coordination function; low rate link removal; multihop ad hoc networks; multirate aware topology control algorithm; network connectivity; network throughput; on-demand routing protocols; one-hop range route optimization; wireless LAN; Ad hoc networks; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Physical layer; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network topology; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8966-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424859

Filename

1424859