Effect of Wireless Channels on the Performance of Ad Hoc Networks

Q. Nasir, M. Al-Dubai, S. Harous

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Abstract

Mobile ad hoc (MANET) network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically form-ing a temporary network without the use of any existing network infrastructure or centralized administration. To accomplish forwarding a packet to its destination, a routing protocol is used to discover routes between these nodes. This article presents a variety of results for packet-level simulations for the popular protocol'dynamic source routing (DSR)'when different channel models are used. Different radio propagation models representing the wireless channel have been proposed over the years, each one being suitable for a certain situation. The simplest model that represents wireless propagation is the freespace model. Other propagation models are the tworay ground reflection model and the shadowing model. Simulation results show that the performance metrics are highly affected by the channel model used, even the energy left or the number of nodes left alive are also different.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22-35
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DSR
  • ad-hoc networks
  • energy aware routing
  • network simulation
  • routing
  • wireless channels

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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