Application performance assessment on wireless ad hoc networks

  • Authors:
  • Răzvan Beuran;Ken-ichi Chinen;Khin Thida Latt;Toshiyuki Miyachi;Junya Nakata;Lan Tien Nguyen;Yoichi Shinoda;Yasuo Tan

  • Affiliations:
  • National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan;National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan;Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan;National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan;National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan;Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan;National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan;National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Hokuriku Research Centre, Ishikawa, Japan

  • Venue:
  • AINTEC'06 Proceedings of the Second Asian international conference on Technologies for Advanced Heterogeneous Networks
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Using ad hoc networks as alternative means of communication in disaster situations is a salutary solution. However, analysing application performance is mandatory for evaluating such a possibility. In this paper we present the two aspects of our approach to application performance assessment on wireless ad hoc networks. The first aspect refers to real-world tests in which we quantify objectively the relationship between network conditions and application performance. The second aspect is represented by the wireless network (WLAN) emulator that we design to run on StarBED, the large-scale network experiment environment of the Hokuriku Research Centre in Ishikawa, Japan. By combining these two aspects we perform experiments with real applications, while having full control of the network conditions in which the application is tested (when using emulation).