Paper Info
Title
The impact of wireless radio fluctuations on ad hoc network performance
Abstract
The degree of dynamics with respect to changes of the network's topology strongly affect the performance of a wireless mobile ad hoc network.Main reasons for topological changes are (i) node mobility and (ii) wireless radio fluctuations, e.g., due to fading effects.The impact of node mobility on ad hoc network performance has already been studied intensively.However, these studies usually do not consider temporal fluctuations of the wireless channel.In this paper we quantitatively study the impact of radio fluctuations on the performance of wireless ad hoc networks. Based on field trial measurements of IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN communication in a static line-of-sight scenario, we derive a basic model for non-deterministic but temporally dependent received signal power variations.According to the derived model we quantify the impact of radio fluctuations on topological change rate (TCR) and link stability as relevant ad hoc network performance metrics via simulation.The effects of pure node mobility and the effects of signal strength fluctuations as well as the combination of node mobility and fluctuations are studied.We demonstrate that signal strength fluctuations have a significant impact on ad hoc network performance metrics sometimes 'outoperforming' the impact of node mobility.Thus, non-deterministic radio fluctuations cannot be ignored when designing robust ad hoc network protocols based on ad hoc network simulation and analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/LCN.2004.125
Tampa, FL, USA
Keywords
Field
DocType
ad hoc networks,fading channels,mobile radio,radiowave propagation,telecommunication network topology,time-varying channels,wireless LAN,IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN,fading effects,network topology,node mobility,nondeterministic radio fluctuations,received signal power variations,signal strength fluctuations,static line-of-sight scenario,topological change rate,wireless mobile ad hoc network,wireless radio fluctuations,Radio fluctuations,ad hoc network performance,link stability,topological change rate
Mobile ad hoc network,Wireless,Computer science,Computer network,Mobility model,Adaptive quality of service multi-hop routing,Ad hoc wireless distribution service,Optimized Link State Routing Protocol,Wireless ad hoc network,Vehicular ad hoc network,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0742-1303
0-7695-2260-2
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.18
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ralf Schmitz172.18
Marc Torrent-Moreno282.86
Hannes Hartenstein3343.79
Wolfgang Effelsberg472.18