Distributed communication algorithms for ad hoc mobile networks

  • Authors:

  • Ioannis Chatzigiannakis;Sotiris Nikoletseas;Paul Spirakis

  • Affiliations:

  • Computer Technology Institute, 61 Riga Fereou Str, 26221 Patras, Greece and Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, Patras University, 26500 Rion, Patras, Greece;Computer Technology Institute, 61 Riga Fereou Str, 26221 Patras, Greece and Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, Patras University, 26500 Rion, Patras, Greece;Computer Technology Institute, 61 Riga Fereou Str, 26221 Patras, Greece and Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, Patras University, 26500 Rion, Patras, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing - Special issue on wireless and mobile ad hoc networking and computing
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

An ad hoc mobile network is a collection of mobile hosts, with wireless communication capabilities, forming a temporary network without the aid of any established fixed infrastructure. In such networks, topological connectivity is subject to frequent, unpredictable change. Our work focuses on networks with high rate of such changes to connectivity. For such dynamically changing networks we propose protocols which exploit the co-ordinated (by the protocol) motion of a small part of the network. We show that such protocols can be designed to work correctly and efficiently even in the case of arbitrary (but not malicious) movements of the hosts not affected by the protocol. We also propose a methodology for the analysis of the expected behavior of protocols for such networks, based on the assumption that mobile hosts (those whose motion is not guided by the protocol) conduct concurrent random walks in their motion space. In particular, our work examines the fundamental problem of communication and proposes distributed algorithms for it. We provide rigorous proofs of their correctness, and also give performance analyses by combinatorial tools. Finally, we have evaluated these protocols by experimental means.