Proactive or Reactive Routing: A Unified Analytical Framework in MANETs

Author

Wu, Xianren ; Xu, Hui ; Sadjadpour, Hamid R. ; Garcia-Luna-Aceves, J.J.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

3-7 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

We present a mathematical framework for the performance evaluation of proactive and reactive routing protocols operating in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The model captures the functionality of the routing protocols together with the characterization of the performance of the medium access control protocol (MAC). It reveals the interplay between the protocol functionality and network parameters, and provides new insight on the relative benefits of proactive and on-demand routing in MANETS. The analytical results are corroborated with results obtained using discrete-event simulations.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; discrete event simulation; mobile radio; routing protocols; discrete-event simulations; mathematical framework; medium access control protocol; mobile ad hoc networks; performance evaluation; proactive routing protocol; reactive routing protocol; unified analytical framework; Access protocols; Analytical models; Discrete event simulation; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Routing protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2008. ICCCN '08. Proceedings of 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2389-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-2055

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2008.ECP.125

Filename

4674285