Throughput Evaluation and Optimization in Wireless Networks

Abstract

While wireless communication is progressively replacing wired technology, methods for the implementation of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks are currently under development. As these methods do not require centralized coordination, they are particularly adapted to environments such as disaster recovery and military communication and are, therefore, of great interest. Despite the potential advantages, no reliable methodologies for the design of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks have been proposed. This condition is largely due to the complexity of analysis of a wireless channel in comparison to that of a wired channel. In this thesis, we discuss the implementation of a tool for wireless network design. Taking a set of nodes and the corresponding characteristics, this tool computes the routes between each source destination pair. The tool then computes the throughput for each connection and, finally, proposes a method for the optimization of throughput based on probabilistic routing via sensitivity analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
AD1021068

Entities

People

  • Nicolas Rentz

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Rate
  • Mesh Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Topology
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • Packet Loss
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Physical Properties
  • Probability Distributions
  • Transport Protocols
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control