Influence of mobility models on the performance of routing protocols in ad-hoc wireless networks

Author

Ravikiran, Ghanta ; Singh, Suresh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Portland State Univ., USA

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

2185

Abstract

The patterns of movement followed by the nodes in an ad-hoc network play an important role in the performance of routing protocols. These different patterns of movement of the nodes can be classified into different mobility models, each of which are characterized by their own distinctive features. We have explored the influence of three such mobility models (Pursue, Column and RPGM-RW) on the performance of three well-known ad-hoc routing protocols namely DSR, AODV and DSDV. The simulation environment used for this purpose was NS-2. The significance of this study lies in the fact that there has been very limited investigation of the effect of mobility models on routing protocol performance in ad-hoc networks.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; mobility management (mobile radio); routing protocols; AODV; Column mobility model; DSDV; DSR; NS-2 simulation environment; Pursue mobility model; RPGM-RW mobility model; ad-hoc routing protocols; ad-hoc wireless networks; mobility models; node movement patterns; routing protocol performance; Ad hoc networks; Computer science; Intelligent networks; Measurement; Physical layer; Radio network; Routing protocols; Throughput; USA Councils; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC 2004-Spring. 2004 IEEE 59th

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8255-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2004.1390661

Filename

1390661