A transport protocol for supporting multimedia streaming in mobile ad hoc networks

Author

Fu, Zhenghua ; Meng, Xiaoqiao ; Lu, Songwu

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

21

Issue

10

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1615

Lastpage

1626

Abstract

Transport protocol design for supporting multimedia streaming in mobile ad hoc networks is challenging because of unique issues, including mobility-induced disconnection, reconnection, and high out-of-order delivery ratios; channel errors and network congestion. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a transmission control protocol (TCP)-friendly transport protocol for ad hoc networks. Our key design novelty is to perform multimetric joint identification for packet and connection behaviors based on end-to-end measurements. Our NS-2 simulations show significant performance improvement over wired TCP friendly congestion control and TCP with explicit-link-failure-notification support in ad hoc networks.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; multimedia communication; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; NS-2 simulation; channel error; end-to-end measurement; friendly transport protocol; mobile ad hoc network; mobility-induced disconnection; mobility-induced reconnection; multimedia streaming; multimetric joint identification; network congestion control; network link-failure-notification; out-of-order delivery ratio; packet connection; transmission control protocol; wired TCP; Ad hoc networks; Communication system control; Intelligent networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Out of order; Performance evaluation; Proposals; Streaming media; Transport protocols; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSAC.2003.816461

Filename

1254578