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Project Abstract
An ad hoc wireless network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes that self-configure to form a network without the aid of any established infrastructure. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are multi-hop networks in which mobile nodes cooperate to maintain network connectivity and perform routing functions. These fast deployable, self- organizing networks are typically used in situations where network connectivity is temporarily needed or where it is expensive to install a fixed infrastructure network.
One of the fundamental challenges in MANETs research is how to increase the overall network throughput while maintaining low energy consumption for packet processing and communications. Power control improves the overall energy consumption in a MANET which is important because many portable devices are often powered by batteries with limited lifetime.
Project Abstract
An ad hoc wireless network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes that self-configure to form a network without the aid of any established infrastructure. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are multi-hop networks in which mobile nodes cooperate to maintain network connectivity and perform routing functions. These fast deployable, self- organizing networks are typically used in situations where network connectivity is temporarily needed or where it is expensive to install a fixed infrastructure network.
One of the fundamental challenges in MANETs research is how to increase the overall network throughput while maintaining low energy consumption for packet processing and communications. Power control improves the overall energy consumption in a MANET which is important because many portable devices are often powered by batteries with limited lifetime.
This summer, I am working on a program that simulates the behavior of an ad hoc wireless network. This simulation will include the generation of a packet and the process of delivering this packet to a node in the network. Issues affecting the delivery of a packet that will be included in this simulation include varying the transmission power, noise, interference, and path loss. Some specific performance criteria this simulation will measure include end-to- end completion rate (packets received/packets generated), throughput (packets received/unit time), delay, and throughput efficiency (packets received/total energy).