The effects of MAC protocols on ad hoc network communication

Author

Royer, Elizabeth M. ; Lee, Sung-Ju ; Perkins, Charles E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

543

Abstract

As mobile computing gains popularity, the need for ad hoc routing protocols will continue to grow. There have been numerous simulations comparing the performance of these protocols under varying conditions and constraints. One question that arises is whether the choice of MAC protocol affects the relative performance of the routing protocols being studied. This paper investigates the answer to that question by simulating the performance of three ad hoc routing protocols when run over different MAC protocols. It is determined that the choice of MAC layer protocol does, in fact, affect the relative performance of the routing protocols

Keywords

access protocols; digital simulation; mobile computing; telecommunication network routing; MAC layer protocol; MAC protocols; ad hoc mobile networks; ad hoc network communication; ad hoc routing protocols; mobile computing; protocol performance; simulations; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Computational modeling; Computer science; Laboratories; Media Access Protocol; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Routing protocols; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Confernce, 2000. WCNC. 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6596-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2000.903911

Filename

903911