Network Size and Connectivity in Mobile and Stationary Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

One of the assumptions behind tactical mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is that routes consisting of multiple hops will be available to connect those nodes that lack line-of-sight connectivity. The practical utility of MANET depends on this assumption being true and, for a mobile network, remaining true during mobility. In previous work, we showed that average node-to-node direct connectivity and the rate at which direct links break over time while moving through a given terrain can be characterized approximately using average terrain measures that are location and distance independent. Here, we exploit that result and extend our previous work to predict dynamic network behavior for networks of various sizes in various terrains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA618314

Entities

People

  • Corinne Kramer
  • David F Tate
  • David Sparrow
  • Lance Joneckis

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Airborne
  • Algorithms
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Displacement
  • Line Of Sight
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Mobile Phones
  • Mobility
  • Networks
  • Probability
  • Radio Communications
  • Stationary
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Vision.