TY - GEN
T1 - Having one's cake and eating it too
T2 - 9th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, MED-HOC-NET 2010
AU - Bilgin, Zeki
AU - Khan, Bilal
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this research we develop new techniques for optimizing the performance of a reactive routing protocol in operational environments characterized by high node mobility and long-lived connections. The question we seek to answer is whether in such environments, reactive routing protocols necessarily exhibit a tradeoff between control traffic and route optimality. More specifically, does a protocol which makes use of less control traffic (i.e. better) than standard AODV, necessarily exhibit connection routes that are longer (i.e. worse) than those achieved by standard AODV? We show that the commonly assumed tradeoff can be avoided, and that it is possible to "Have one's cake and eat it too". Towards this, we design an extension of the AODV protocol, and show through extensive ns2 simulation experiments that the new protocol both significantly reduces the control traffic overhead, while simultaneously improving the topological optimality of connections. These remarkable conclusions are seen to continue to hold scalably as one varies situational parameters such as network size, number of connections, and node mobility.
AB - In this research we develop new techniques for optimizing the performance of a reactive routing protocol in operational environments characterized by high node mobility and long-lived connections. The question we seek to answer is whether in such environments, reactive routing protocols necessarily exhibit a tradeoff between control traffic and route optimality. More specifically, does a protocol which makes use of less control traffic (i.e. better) than standard AODV, necessarily exhibit connection routes that are longer (i.e. worse) than those achieved by standard AODV? We show that the commonly assumed tradeoff can be avoided, and that it is possible to "Have one's cake and eat it too". Towards this, we design an extension of the AODV protocol, and show through extensive ns2 simulation experiments that the new protocol both significantly reduces the control traffic overhead, while simultaneously improving the topological optimality of connections. These remarkable conclusions are seen to continue to hold scalably as one varies situational parameters such as network size, number of connections, and node mobility.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEDHOCNET.2010.5546847
DO - 10.1109/MEDHOCNET.2010.5546847
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77956960575
SN - 9781424484355
T3 - 9th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, MED-HOC-NET 2010
BT - 9th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, MED-HOC-NET 2010
Y2 - 23 June 2010 through 25 June 2010
ER -