Title :
ENIC - an improved reliable transport scheme for mobile ad hoc networks
Author :
Sun, Dong ; Man, Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose an end-to-end reliable data transport scheme to solve the issues of TCP performance degradation and packet losses due to bit errors and route failures in mobile ad hoc networks. We refer to this scheme as the explicit notification with enhanced inter-layer communication and control (ENIC) mechanism. Because of the distinct characteristics between mobile ad hoc networks and wired networks, we introduce a new design methodology - enhanced inter-layer control mechanism - to improve the reliability of data transport. Comprehensive effects of interactions among medium access control (MAC), routing and transmission control protocol (TCP) are considered. Moreover, our scheme provides a true end-to-end TCP maintenance and recovery method during route failure. A quantitative implementation is simulated and compared with the standard SACK (selective acknowledgement) TCP. Simulation results demonstrate the advantages of our scheme
Keywords :
access protocols; mobile computing; mobile radio; packet radio networks; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; MAC protocol; SACK; TCP; bit errors; data transport scheme; enhanced inter-layer communication; enhanced inter-layer control; explicit notification; medium access control; mobile ad hoc networks; mobile computing; packet loss; route failures; routing; selective acknowledgement; transmission control protocol; Access protocols; Communication system control; Degradation; Design methodology; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Performance loss; Routing protocols; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7206-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.965950
