Path-centric on-demand rate adaptation for mobile ad hoc networks

Saehoon Kang, Chansu Yu, Chita R. Das, Guohong Cao

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Abstract

Exploiting the multirate capability in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is more complex than in single-hop WLANs because of the rate-distance and rate-hop count tradeoffs. This paper proposes Path-centric on-demand Rate Adaptation for MANETs (PRAM) protocol. A unique feature that sets PRAM apart from most of previous studies is its path-centric approach. While others focus on finding the best data rate for each link and offering a routing path as a collection of links at their best rates, PRAM finds the best data rate for a sourcedestination pair and then, dynamically adapts it based on path lifetime and other factors. Another distinctive feature of PRAM is that it can be seamlessly incorporated with an on-demand routing protocol. Extensive performance study based on ns-2 has demonstrated that PRAM achieves as much as 71.7% higher packet delivery ratio than fixed-rate cases (6∼54Mbps) and as much as 43.2% higher than the multihop version of the wellknown ARF mechanism in a wide range of network scenarios. It is also shown that PRAM is capable of using a mixture of data rates in an adaptive manner.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2009 Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2009 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 3 2009Aug 6 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN
ISSN (Print)1095-2055

Other

Other2009 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period8/3/098/6/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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