Routing in Software-Defined Mobile Ad hoc Networks (SD-MANET)

Abstract

Software-Defined Networking principles are applied to Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) to establish and maintain wireless multihop peer-to-peer connectivity between the nodes without any infrastructure support. The conventional MANET solutions use distributed routing and provide limited flexibility and programmability for introducing new services in MANETs. In this report, we propose an architecture for Software-Defined MANETs, describe benefits and challenges of centrally managed MANETs, implement it in NS-3 simulator, and evaluate its performance. Results are compared with the conventional MANET solutions. We demonstrate an improvement in the control communication overhead of establishing and maintaining the network routes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1059388

Entities

People

  • Adarsh Sethi
  • Ayush Dusia
  • Vinod K. Mishra

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Digital Communications
  • Infrastructure
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Routing Protocols
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Software Defined Networks
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking