The non-responsive receiver problem in mobile ad-hoc networks

IEEE 802.11 MAC based Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) are known to experience serious unfairness problems particularly for TCP connections. The unfairness is caused by a number of factors and to date, no solution has completely addressed all the factors, so that the unfairness is never completely solved. The work presented here identifies the common factors that lead to the unfairness, and from a consideration of these, a novel solution based on carrier sensing is developed, that can completely solve the serious unfairness problem in MANETs. Simulation results are presented which show the effectiveness of our solution.