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Self-organizing Mobile Medium Ad hoc Network

Authors:
Nada Alsalmi
John DeDourek
Przemyslaw Pochec

Keywords: mobility models; self-organizing mobile network; M2ANET; Mobile Medium; MANET; NS-2; AODV

Abstract:
MANETs are mobile networks of wireless mobile devices capable of communicating with one another without any reliance on a fixed infrastructure. A Mobile Medium Ad hoc Network (M2ANET) is a set of mobile nodes forming a Mobile Medium and functioning as relays for facilitating communication between the users of this Mobile Medium. Movement of the nodes affects the performance of a M2ANET. We propose a scheme for controlling the movement of mobile nodes in a M2ANET based on an attraction/repulsion paradigm. The new node movement has an advantage over a random movement in keeping the nodes in an unbounded region in a sufficient density to allow for an efficient transfer of data over the Mobile Medium. Simulation results show tripling of the delivery ratio in a self-organizing M2ANET compared to a mobile network with all nodes moving randomly, in one experimental scenario.

Pages: 38 to 42

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: July 20, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3468

ISBN: 978-1-61208-366-7

Location: Paris, France

Dates: from July 20, 2014 to July 24, 2014