Performance of the reliable all-informed voice networking (RAVEN) system

The RAVEN system comprises a vertically integrated suite of networking algorithms designed primarily to provide the reliable all-informed voice service, but capable of supporting multiple voice, video, and data sessions, in a tactical multihop packet-radio network. In this paper, we focus on five of the RAVEN algorithms. The adaptive transmission protocol, the medium access control protocol, the energy-based least-resistance routing, the elastic multipoint virtual circuits, and the priority-based output scheduling which collectively enable the system to provide reliable all-informed voice service comparable to that in today´s combat net radios. The experimental results presented in this paper show that the individual system components operate synergistically to provide a networking environment capable of supporting the reliable all-informed voice service in a company-sized group of mobile packet radios