A cross-layer routing protocol for wireless mesh network based on ant colony algorithm

Author

Yan, Chen ; Li, Liang ; Lifang, Chen

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput., Electron. & Inf., Guangxi Univ., Nanning, China

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1804

Lastpage

1807

Abstract

Basing on the requirements for high capacity and reliability of WMN data transmission, as well as the advantages of global optimization and highly self-organization of ant colony algorithm, we propose a cross-layer routing protocol based on ant colony algorithm, which is load-sensing and efficient. The protocol regards the nodes queue and frame transmission utility as a parameter measuring link quality, which will help enlightening path searching for routing. The results show this protocol can guarantee the transmitting rate of data between nodes, reducing delay of data packets, to some extent, achieve congestion controlling and load balancing.

Keywords

optimisation; routing protocols; wireless mesh networks; WMN data transmission; ant colony algorithm; cross-layer routing protocol; frame transmission utility; global optimization; load balancing; parameter measuring link quality; path searching; wireless mesh network; Ad hoc networks; Computers; Routing; Routing protocols; Wireless communication; Wireless mesh networks; Wireless sensor networks; Ant Colony; Cross-Layer; Routing Protocol; WMN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Control (ICECC), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ningbo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0320-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECC.2011.6066378

Filename

6066378