Simulation and Performance Analysis of the Zone Routing Protocol for Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

This thesis presents a simulation and analysis of the Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP) for mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environments using the OPNET simulation tool. ZRP is being suggested for possible implementation in the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) for the United States military. Utilizing a ZRP OPNET model that was developed at Cornell University, the analysis focuses on key performance parameters that include overhead generation, network adaptation, efficiency, and routing zone optimization. The ZRP model's traffic monitoring has been enhanced for this work to identify the engineering tradeoffs between efficiency and performance. The results of this thesis provide valuable insight into the analysis and performance with varying zone routing radius, node velocity, and node density. Critical MANET environmental and simulation parameters required for JTRS implementation into the military battlespace have been studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383422

Entities

People

  • Kevin M. Shea

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Air Force
  • C Programming Language
  • Cellular Networks
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Equipment
  • Routing Protocols
  • Simulations
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Tactical Radios
  • United States

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking