802.11 Power Management Extensions to Monarch ns

Abstract

We describe our improvements to the IEEE 802.11 support in the Monarch version of the ns network simulator. Our extensions add several management features needed for power management, such as beacon frames and the timing synchronization function. We implement the queuing and traffic announcement facilities at the core of power management. Amethod for recording the energy consumption of the wireless interface is also presented. Several other enhancements are discussed, such as support for the 802.11b high-rate PHY and corrections to existing features in the simulator. These changes greatly increase the usefulness of ns for researchers studying the performance of ad hoc networks under power management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA456836

Entities

People

  • Dan Siewiorek
  • John Dorsey

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Convergence
  • Energy Consumption
  • Floods
  • High Energy
  • Mesh Networks
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Specifications
  • Translations
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research