Autonomous Mobile Mesh Networks

    Authors

    W. L. Shen; C. S. Chen; K. C. J. Lin;K. A. Hua

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE. Trans. Mob. Comput.

    Keywords

    Mobile mesh networks; dynamic topology deployment; client tracking; Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications

    Abstract

    Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are ideal for situations where a fixed infrastructure is unavailable or infeasible. Today's MANETs, however, may suffer from network partitioning. This limitation makes MANETs unsuitable for applications such as crisis management and battlefield communications, in which team members might need to work in groups scattered in the application terrain. In such applications, intergroup communication is crucial to the team collaboration. To address this weakness, we introduce in this paper a new class of ad-hoc network called Autonomous Mobile Mesh Network (AMMNET). Unlike conventional mesh networks, the mobile mesh nodes of an AMMNET are capable of following the mesh clients in the application terrain, and organizing themselves into a suitable network topology to ensure good connectivity for both intra-and intergroup communications. We propose a distributed client tracking solution to deal with the dynamic nature of client mobility, and present techniques for dynamic topology adaptation in accordance with the mobility pattern of the clients. Our simulation results indicate that AMMNET is robust against network partitioning and capable of providing high relay throughput for the mobile clients.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Transactions on Mobile Computing

    Volume

    13

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    364

    Last Page

    376

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000333091100011

    ISSN

    1536-1233

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