Analyzing Path Dynamics in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using a Smooth Mobility Model

Author

Lifang Guo ; Harfoush, Khaled ; Xu, Huimin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Telecommun. Eng., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing

fYear

2009

fDate

5-8 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The characteristics of node-pair paths are a primary consideration in the design of routing protocols in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). Existing research studies on MANET paths focus on their dynamics in the presence of node mobility and ignore the impact of network configuration such as node density and node transmission range. In this paper, we study MANET paths using a smooth mobility model, which complies with the physical law of smooth motion and is sensitive to the change of node velocity over small timescales. Our study reveals that for paths connecting nodes with slow mobility through a small number of hops, path stability and availability are dominated by network configuration; whereas, for paths connecting nodes with moderate/fast mobility through a large number of hops, they are dominated by node mobility.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile communication; mobility management (mobile radio); radio networks; MANET paths; mobile ad hoc network; network configuration; node density; node mobility; node transmission range; node velocity; node-pair path; path dynamics; path stability; routing protocols; smooth mobility model; Ad hoc networks; Availability; Communications Society; Design engineering; Joining processes; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Routing protocols; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. WCNC 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Budapest

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2947-9

Electronic_ISBN

1525-3511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2009.4917598

Filename

4917598