Resource Management in Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

An ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without the use of any existing network infrastructure or centralized administration. Routing protocols have been developed that allow such nodes to communicate, but these protocols typically provide only best-effort service. In particular, they do not provide a way to control the consumption of resources in the network, such as the battery power or the carrying capacity of the nodes. This proposal describes a scheme of path-state and flow-state mechanisms that can used to explicitly manage resources in an ad hoc network, explains how the scheme can be evaluated, and argues for its importance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 21, 1999
Accession Number
ADA461042

Entities

People

  • David A. Maltz

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Science
  • Energy Consumption
  • Mesh Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Science
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Packet Loss
  • Payload
  • Resource Management
  • Routing Protocols
  • Simulations
  • Topology
  • Transport Protocols
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking