Mobile ad-hoc networks are valuable in situations where communication support is required but there are no fixed infrastructures that are in existence and movement of communicating parties is permitted.
This is a typical case in the military where the personnel move randomly in the battle field but need to maintain constant communication to the commanding stations. Unfortunately, mobile ad-hoc networks exhibit unexpected behavior when transmitting multiple data streams under heavy traffic load, more so when these data streams are destined to common terminal. Therefore, congestion is one of the most limiting factors for efficient packet transmissions over wireless ad-hoc networks.
This is because it introduces problems such as long delay, high overhead and low throughput over the communication channels. To surmount these issues, researchers have proposed many congestion aware and congestion adaptive routing protocols. One of such a congestion control algorithm is the one based on node weight for the computation of usable network routes.
To achieve this objective, number of dead links, um of energy for packet transmission over a mobile ad hoc network, and the number of packets delivered over the network were used as performance metrics. The results obtained indicated that the node weight-based path calculation approach yields better performance compared to the existing congestion control algorithms.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. RELATED WORK
- III. SIMULATION FRAMEWORK
- A. Energy Calculations
- B. Packet Delivered Plots
- C. Number of Dead Nodes Plots
- IV. RESULTS
- V. DISCUSSIONS AND COMPARISONS
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This work focuses on evaluating a node weight-based congestion adaptive routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The algorithm aims to address the limitations of traditional routing protocols in handling heavy traffic loads, particularly in scenarios with common destination points.
- Congestion Control in MANETs
- Node Weight-Based Routing Algorithm
- Performance Evaluation Metrics
- Comparison with Existing Congestion Control Algorithms
- Energy Consumption in MANETs
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
- I. INTRODUCTION: This chapter introduces the challenges posed by congestion in MANETs, highlighting the need for effective congestion control mechanisms. It explores the causes of congestion, including limited resources, interference, and fading. The chapter also discusses the increasing demand for multimedia communication in MANETs and the impact of congestion on packet losses and bandwidth degradation. Finally, it outlines the different categories of routing algorithms commonly used in MANETs, including proactive, on-demand, single-path, and multipath routing.
- II. RELATED WORK: This chapter reviews existing literature on congestion control and routing algorithms in MANETs. It examines techniques such as multipath routing, distributed multipath DSR protocol (MP-DSR), and split multipath routing (SMR) for managing congestion and improving quality of service. The chapter also discusses the importance of energy consumption in determining the battery level of nodes and the use of queue length as a key indicator of network congestion.
- III. SIMULATION FRAMEWORK: This section provides a comprehensive overview of the simulation framework used for evaluating the node weight-based congestion adaptive routing algorithm. It delves into the detailed energy calculations, packet delivery plots, and dead node plots used in the simulation to assess the algorithm's performance.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The key themes and focus topics of this work include congestion control, node weight-based routing, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), performance evaluation metrics, energy consumption, packet delivery, dead nodes, and comparison with existing congestion control algorithms. This research focuses on the evaluation of the node weight-based congestion adaptive routing algorithm in MANETs, considering key aspects such as energy efficiency, network throughput, and the impact of network congestion.
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- Rebecca Nyasuguta Arika (Author), A. Mindila (Author), W. Cheruiyot (Author), 2017, Evaluation of node weight-based congestion adaptive routing algorithm in MANET packet routing, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/377489
