Experimental performance analysis of topology control in mobile ad hoc networks based on local information no topology heuristic

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kunavut, Kunagorn

Affiliations: Department of Communication and Computer Network Technology, Vincent Mary School of Science and Technology, Assumption University, Ramkhamhaeng 24 Rd., Hua Mak, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand. E-mail: kkunagorn@gmail.com

Abstract: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) are multi-hop wireless networks where data sent by source can be delivered through one or more intermediate nodes until reaching destination. In addition, nodes in these networks are free to move in any direction with various movement speeds and consequently form the network topology in an unpredicted manner. Due to this dynamic topology characteristic, the Local Information No Topology (LINT) heuristic has been proposed and received lots of attentions from many researchers in controlling network topology in these networks. In this work, extensive experiments are conducted to investigate the performance of LINT in various scenarios (i.e. load-, speed- and density-varying environments). Moreover, energy consumption in various operating states is also analysed in addition to network performance to investigate the efficiency and the effectiveness of LINT.

Keywords: Distributed heuristics, power adjustment, topology control, ad hoc networks, multi-hop wireless networks

DOI: 10.3233/JHS-140501

Journal: Journal of High Speed Networks, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 239-252, 2014