Experiments with OLSR Routing in a MANET

Abstract

Wireless ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are autonomous, self-configuring and adaptive networks. Their ability to adapt themselves to dynamic, random and rapidly changing multihop topologies is given by a multihop routing protocol. In this paper, we describe experiments made with a real MANET consisting of 18 nodes implementing the OLSR routing protocol operating over radio with IEEE 802.11 hardware. More precisely, we report measurements that were made in the areas of (i) the speed of deployment, (ii) the adaptability to topology changes, (iii) the mobility support, and (iv) the dependability. Measures show that a MANET equipped with OLSR routing meets most requirements of future applications such as rescue applications or military tactical applications in urban context.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA521173

Entities

People

  • Adokoe Plakoo
  • Anis Laouiti
  • Cedric Adjih
  • Jerome Lecomte
  • Marc Badel
  • Pascale Minet
  • Paul Muehlethaler
  • Philippe Jacquet
  • Thierry Plesse

Organizations

  • National Center for Scientific Research

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Networks
  • Data Transmission
  • Load Monitoring
  • Mesh Networks
  • Military Communications
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Links
  • Radio Signals
  • Routing Protocols
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Tactical Networks
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking