NDLI: Proactive Topology Reinforcement of Wireless Networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Dai, L.L. Chan, V.W.S.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA (Dai, L.L.)
Abstract	Traditional ad hoc wireless networks designed for best effort performance lack provisions to maintain network connectivity, particularly if nodes are mobile. For applications that require continual and timely service, current commercial grade ad hoc wireless networks cannot satisfy these demands. We study several architecture options that proactively deploy additional fixed or mobile infrastructure nodes (we call helper nodes) to help maintain user network connectivity. Our goal is to answer the questions of when and how helper nodes should be used. Using random line networks as a point of departure, we compare random and strategic helper node deployment schemes and show that at a nominal normalized user node density of N ~ 1, the number of helper nodes needed under random helper deployment can be more than 10 times the number needed under strategic deployment. At lower TV, this factor increases significantly without bound. Based on the expected number of helper nodes needed for different values of N, we delineate scenarios where each scheme is a sensible architecture choice.
Starting Page	3786
Ending Page	3791
File Size	289477
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424406587
ISSN	15253511
DOI	10.1109/WCNC.2007.693
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-03-11
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Network topology Wireless networks Peer to peer computing Costs Telecommunication traffic Robot sensing systems Robot kinematics Vehicles Relays Communications Society
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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