TY - GEN
T1 - The MANIAC challenge
T2 - 8th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2010
AU - Thompson, Michael S.
AU - Hilal, Amr E.
AU - Abdallah, Abdallah S.
AU - DaSilva, Luiz A.
AU - MacKenzie, Allen B.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper we discuss the MANIAC Challenge, a cooperative and competitive approach to MANET networking research. Our goal was to create an opportunity for researchers to come together and compete in a MANET-based competition where points were awarded for received traffic and deducted for use of node resources, including packet forwarding. Using software we created, each team built a participation strategy that allowed them to decide how much they would participate in forwarding traffic for other nodes. This exercise turned out to be a resounding success and a wealth of data was gathered about traffic patterns, network behavior, node behavior, and the impact of node participation strategies on the MANET. The major observations of this work are that location and hardware can affect node performance, node participation can affect the larger network in some circumstances, and node mobility patterns can vary based on the goal of the node.
AB - In this paper we discuss the MANIAC Challenge, a cooperative and competitive approach to MANET networking research. Our goal was to create an opportunity for researchers to come together and compete in a MANET-based competition where points were awarded for received traffic and deducted for use of node resources, including packet forwarding. Using software we created, each team built a participation strategy that allowed them to decide how much they would participate in forwarding traffic for other nodes. This exercise turned out to be a resounding success and a wealth of data was gathered about traffic patterns, network behavior, node behavior, and the impact of node participation strategies on the MANET. The major observations of this work are that location and hardware can affect node performance, node participation can affect the larger network in some circumstances, and node mobility patterns can vary based on the goal of the node.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77955861373
SN - 9781424475254
T3 - WiOpt 2010 - 8th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks
SP - 443
EP - 452
BT - WiOpt 2010 - 8th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks
Y2 - 31 May 2010 through 4 June 2010
ER -