How Effective is Routing for Wireless Networking?

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the question of how effective routing is for reliably and efficiently delivering data in a wireless network. With the emergence of the Internet of Things,there is a renewed focus on multi-hop wireless networking to connect these systems of smart-devices. Many of the proposals to support this new networking paradigm continue to use the concept of routing: a path between users is formed via a series of point-to-point links. We believe that the characteristics of the wireless environment inherently make link-based routing unsuitable for wireless networking, and that new approaches need to be considered. In this paper, we demonstrate that link-based routing (1) experiences high packet loss due to the inherently unreliable nature of control information, (2) is unable to ensure reliable message delivery in a lossy environment, and (3) incurs a high cost for route maintenance and repair.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2016
Accession Number
AD1034485

Entities

People

  • Aradhana Narula-tam
  • Gregory Kuperman
  • Scott A. Moore

Organizations

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Air Force
  • Cellular Networks
  • Channel Models
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Rate
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • High Reliability
  • Internet
  • Internet Of Things
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Mobile Phones
  • Mobility
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Packet Loss
  • Reliability
  • Routing Protocols
  • Sensor Networks
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Transitions
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things