无线Ad Hoc网络中动态的带宽管理

基于已有的带宽管理机制,采用加权公平对竞争的流分配带宽,不仅可以对流实现准入控制,以保证每条流的最低信道时间需求,同时也能动态地调节流所分配的信道时间。另外,我们的方案,也适用于多跳的情况,通过例子说明,在考虑到用户需求的同时,也提高了网络的吞吐量。     

Dynamic Bandwidth Management in Single-Hop Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

Distributed weighted fair scheduling schemes for Quality of Service (QoS) support in wireless local area networks have not yet become standard. Therefore, we propose an Admission Control and Dynamic Bandwidth Management scheme that provides fairness and a soft rate guarantee in the absence of distributed MAC-layer weighted fair scheduling. This scheme is especially suitable for smart-rooms where peer-to-peer multimedia transmissions need to adapt their transmission rates co-operatively. We present a mapping scheme to translate the bandwidth requirements of an application into its channel time requirements. The center piece of our scheme is a Bandwidth Manager, which allots each flow a share of the channel, depending on the flow's requirements relative to the requirements of other flows in the network. Admitted flows control their transmission rates so they only occupy the channel for the fraction of time allotted to them. Thus co-operation between flows is achieved and the channel time is fair shared. As the available channel capacity changes and the traffic characteristics of various flows change, the Bandwidth Manager dynamically re-allocates the channel access time to the individual flows. Our simulation experiments show that, at a very low cost and with high probability, every admitted flow in the network will receive at least its minimum requested share of the network bandwidth. We also present extensive testbed experiments with our scheme using a real-time audio streaming application running between Linux laptops equipped with standard IEEE 802.11 network cards.     

面向高动态移动自组织网络的生物启发分簇算法

分簇可以有效地提高大规模移动自组织网络的性能.但高动态的移动自组织网络具有节点移动性强、网络拓扑变化快的特点,应用传统的分簇算法会造成网络性能迅速下降,频繁的簇拓扑更新造成了簇结构的不稳定和控制开销的增加.为了解决传统分簇算法无法适应高动态的大规模移动自组织网络的问题,提出了一种基于生物启发的移动感知分簇算法,该算法对多头绒泡菌的觅食模型进行了改进,使其适用于移动自组织网络领域.由于该算法与节点的移动特性进行了结合,所以该算法可以有效地在高动态移动自组织网络中进行簇的建立与维护.实验结果表明,相较于其他传统分簇算法,本文算法提高了平均链路连接保持时间和平均簇首保持时间,使得簇结构更加稳定,提高了对高动态、大规模移动自组织网络的适应能力.     

无线Ad Hoc网络中的非侵入式可用带宽测量策略

首先给出了一种新式的无线Ad Hoc网络可用带宽定义方法.随后通过在测量间隔内监听邻居节点的NAV数值来计算当前节点的路径可用带宽.为了避免一次测量间隔内产生过大的统计偏差,将测得的可用带宽使用EWMA(Exponentially Weighted Moving Average)模型再进行一次平滑处理.仿真结果表明所使用的可用带宽测量策略较为准确,并能充分反映节点之间的碰撞与竞争.     

Auction-Based Bandwidth Allocation in Multi-Hop Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper, we propose a multi-hop auction-based bandwidth allocation mechanism to address the flow contention problem in wireless ad hoc networks. By modeling the problem as an iterative auction-based structure, it enables us to derive fair and efficient bandwidth allocation to each node on the basis of only local information. Further, a multi-hop flow coordination mechanism is then developed to optimize the network performance. Simulation results suggest that the proposed mechanism outperforms other approaches in terms of network throughput, bandwidth utilization, fairness, end-to-end delay, packet loss rate, and robustness.     

Bandwidth Estimation for IEEE 802.11-Based Ad Hoc Networks

Since 2005, IEEE 802.11-based networks are able to provide a certain level of Quality of Service by the means of service differentiation, thanks to the IEEE 802.11e amendment. However, no mechanism or method has been standardized to accurately evaluate the amount of resources remaining on a given channel. Such evaluation would however be a good asset for bandwidth-constrained applications. In multi-hop ad hoc networks, such evaluation becomes even more difficult. Consequently, despite the various contributions around this research topic, the estimation of the available bandwidth still represents one of the main issues in this field. In this article, we propose an improved mechanism to estimate the available bandwidth in IEEE 802.11-based ad hoc networks. Through simulations, we compare the accuracy of the estimation we propose to the estimation performed by others state of the art QoS protocols, BRuIT, AAC and QoS-AODV.     

An End-to-End Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for Ad Hoc Networks

Bandwidth-guaranteed QoS service in ad hoc networks is a challenging task due to several factors such as the absence of the central control, the dynamic network topology, the hidden terminal problem and the multihop routing property. An end-to-end bandwidth allocation algorithm was proposed in [Lin and Liu, 15] to support the QoS service in ad hoc networks. However, without exploring the global resource information along the route, the performance of that algorithm is quite limited. In addition, it also incurs significant control overhead. We develop a new algorithm for end-to-end bandwidth calculation and assignment in ad hoc networks which utilizes the global resource information along the route to determine the available end-to-end bandwidth. Our method also employs the topology-transparent scheduling technology to reduce the control overhead. The proposed algorithm can be efficiently utilized in a distributed manner. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results show that our end-to-end bandwidth allocation scheme can significantly improve the network capacity compared with the existing method.     

Dynamic Task-Based Anycasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) have received significant attention in the recent past owing to the proliferation in the numbers of tetherless portable devices, and rapid growth in popularity of wireless networking. Most of the MANET research community has remained focused on developing lower layer mechanisms such as channel access and routing for making MANETs operational. However, little focus has been applied on higher layer issues, such as application modeling in dynamic MANET environments. In this paper, we present a novel distributed application framework based on task graphs that enables a large class of resource discovery based applications on MANETs. A distributed application is represented as a complex task comprised of smaller sub-tasks that need to be performed on different classes of computing devices with specialized roles. Execution of a particular task on a MANET involves several logical patterns of data flow between classes of such specialized devices. These data flow patterns induce dependencies between the different classes of devices that need to cooperate to execute the application. Such dependencies yield a task graph (TG) representation of the application.We focus on the problem of executing distributed tasks on a MANET by means of dynamic selection of specific devices that are needed to complete the tasks. In this paper, we present simple and efficient algorithms for dynamic discovery and selection (instantiation) of suitable devices in a MANET from among a number of them providing the same functionality. This is carried out with respect to the proposed task graph representation of the application, and we call this process Dynamic Task-Based Anycasting. Our algorithm periodically monitors the logical associations between the selected devices, and in the event of a disruption in the application owing to failures in any component in the network, it adapts to the situation and dynamically rediscovers the affected parts of the task graph, if possible. We propose metrics for evaluating the performance of these algorithms and report simulation results for a variety of application scenarios differing in complexity, traffic, and device mobility patterns. From our simulation studies, we observed that our protocol was able to instantiate and re-instantiate TG nodes quickly and yielded high effective throughput at low to medium degrees of mobility and not much below 70% effective throughput for high mobility scenarios.     

在Ad Hoc 网络中的动态TDMA时隙分配

无线自组织网络（Ad Hoc）是一种不依赖基础设施的网络,网络中节点均是由移动主机构成。文中提出了一个建立在TDMA基础上的Ad Hoc时隙分配协议,它可以提高传输信道的效率,通过动态控制帧长为新加入者提供额外的非分配时隙。相比于传统的时隙分配协议该协议更近一步的促进了信道的实时利用率。     

有线/无线Ad Hoc混合网络的路径带宽测量

Ad Hoc Probe是目前测量无线网络路径带宽的主要方法,由于发送探测分组数目固定,当负载较轻时,仅需要几组探测报文就能够获得正确的样本,所以限制了无线Ad Hoc网络的动态性。针对Ad Hoc Probe算法的不足,提出了AdHoc TP算法,一次发送三个报文,组成两个报文对,通过比较两个报文对的时间间隔和最小时延和提高样本的过滤速度,从而使测量速度更快。Qual Net仿真的结果表明,Ad Hoc TP算法能够正确地测量出有线/无线Ad Hoc混合网络的带宽,而且测量速度较快。     

A QoS Routing Protocol with Bandwidth Allocation in Multichannel Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile multimedia applications have recently generated much interest in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) supporting quality-of-service (QoS) communications. Multiple non-interfering channels are available in 802.11 and 802.15 based wireless networks. Capacity of such channels can be combined to achieve higher QoS performance than for single channel networks. The capacity of MANETs can be substantially increased by equipping each network node with multiple interfaces that can operate on multiple non-overlapping channels. However, new scheduling, channel assignment, and routing protocols are required to utilize the increased bandwidth in multichannel MANETs. In this paper, we propose an on-demand routing protocol M-QoS-AODV in multichannel MANETs that incorporates a distributed channel assignment scheme and routing discovery process to support multimedia communication and to satisfy QoS bandwidth requirement. The proposed channel assignment scheme can efficiently express the channel usage and interference information within a certain range, which reduces interference and enhances channel reuse rate. This cross-layer design approach can significantly improve the performance of multichannel MANETs over existing routing algorithms. Simulation results show that the proposed M-QoS-AODV protocol can effectively increase throughput and reduce delay, as compared to AODV and M-AODV-R protocols.     

A Routing Algorithm for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Unidirectional Links

Most of the routing algorithms for ad hoc networks assume that all wireless links are bidirectional. In reality, some links may be unidirectional. In this paper we show that the presence of such links can jeopardize the performance of the existing distance vector routing algorithms. We also present modifications to distance vector based routing algorithms to make them work in ad hoc networks with unidirectional links. For a network of n nodes, neighbors exchange n×n matrices to propagate routing information. This results in loop-free routes.     

Dynamic Relationship-Zone Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

A new dynamic relationship-zone routing protocol (DRZRP) for ad hoc networks is proposed. In this protocol, each node in the network establishes a neighboring-zone with a radius of ρ hops, and activates a relationship-zone according to the service request frequency and service hotspot condition. DRZRP establishes proactive routing for neighboring-zone and relationship-zone of the node, and the relationship-zone of the node can be dynamically maintained, including: initialization, relationship-zone activation, and relationship-zone inactivation. The simulation results are compared with LSR, ZRP and ZHLS protocols, and DRZRP greatly reduces the communication overhead of routing control messages and significantly improves the average delay of routing requests. The new protocol matches the service relationship among nodes in the network, and has comprehensive performance advantage in communication overhead and routing request delay, which improves the quality of network service.

     

Data Replication for Improving Data Accessibility in Ad Hoc Networks

In ad hoc networks, due to frequent network partition, data accessibility is lower than that in conventional fixed networks. In this paper, we solve this problem by replicating data items on mobile hosts. First, we propose three replica allocation methods assuming that each data item is not updated. In these three methods, we take into account the access frequency from mobile hosts to each data item and the status of the network connection. Then, we extend the proposed methods by considering aperiodic updates and integrating user profiles consisting of mobile users' schedules, access behavior, and read/write patterns. We also show the results of simulation experiments regarding the performance evaluation of our proposed methods     

自组织网中的动态路由算法性能仿真研究

以仿真为主要手段研究了自组织网中基于AODV的路由算法的性能 ,比较了采用全网泛洪方式和限制泛洪半径方式下的网络性能。改进了现有调度策略 ,并仿真了其对端到端时延的影响。仿真结果表明 ,采用限制泛洪半径方式的网络性能明显好于全网泛洪方式 ,而改进型调度策略也能够进一步有效提高网络性能     

On Construction of Virtual Backbone in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Unidirectional Links

Since there is no fixed infrastructure in wireless ad hoc networks , virtual backbone has been proposed as the routing infrastructure to alleviate the broadcasting storm problem. The virtual backbone construction has been studied extensively in {em undirected} graphs, especially in unit disk graphs, in which each node has the same transmission range. In practice, however, transmission ranges of all nodes are not necessarily equal. In this paper, we model such a network as a disk graph, where unidirectional links are considered. To study the virtual backbone construction in disk graphs, we consider two problems: Strongly Connected Dominating Set (SCDS) and Strongly Connected Dominating and Absorbing Set (SCDAS). We propose a constant approximation algorithm and discuss its improvements for the SCDS problem . We also propose a heuristic for the SCDAS problem. Through extensive simulations, we verify our theoretical analysis and also demonstrate that the SCDS can be extended to form an SCDAS with marginal extra overhead.     

A Cross-Layer Framework for Exploiting Virtual MISO Links in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Space-time communications can help combat fading and, hence, can significantly increase the capacity of ad hoc networks. Cooperative diversity or virtual antenna arrays facilitate spatio-temporal communications without actually requiring the deployment of physical antenna arrays. Virtual MISO entails the simultaneous transmission of appropriately encoded information by multiple nodes to effectively emulate a transmission on an antenna array. We present a novel multilayer approach for exploiting virtual MISO links in ad hoc networks. The approach spans the physical, medium access control and routing layers, and provides 1) a significant improvement in the end-to-end performance in terms of throughput and delay and 2) robustness to mobility and interference-induced link failures. The key physical layer property that we exploit is an increased transmission range due to achieved diversity gain. Except for space-time signal processing capabilities, our design does not require any additional hardware. We perform extensive simulations to quantify the benefits of our approach using virtual MISO links. As compared to using only SISO links, we achieve an increase of up to 150 percent in terms of the end-to-end throughput and a decrease of up to 75 percent in the incurred end-to-end delay. Our results also demonstrate a reduction in the route discovery attempts due to link failures by up to 60 percent, a direct consequence of the robustness that our approach provides to link failures     

一种无线自组织网络动态路由协议

介绍了一种基于稀疏树的无线自组织网络动态路由协议,该协议采用了稀疏树路径生成算法来减少路由更新的数据量并减少网络链路的冗余,采用增量更新来降低路由协议开销并降低对传输带宽的占用,支持单向信道,采用快速路径查找算法消除网络拓扑动态变化过程中的环路与无穷计数问题。仿真结果显示它具有收敛快,开销小等特性,能够较好地适应窄带无线通信环境的需要。     

无线特定网络--Ad Hoc网络

Ad Hoc网络是一种没有固定结构的无线移动网络。介绍了移动Ad Hoc网络（MANETs)的主特点和与传统有线分组交换网相比的特性,讨论了应用于Ad Hoc网络的路由机制和所需面临的问题。     

Dynamic QoS Allocation for Multimedia Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

In this paper, we propose an approach to support QoS for multimedia applications in ad hoc wireless network. An ad hoc network is a collection of mobile stations forming a temporary network without the aid of any centralized coordinator and is different from cellular networks which require fixed base stations interconnected by a wired backbone. It is useful for some special situations, such as battlefield communications and disaster recovery. The approach we provide uses CSMA/CA medium access protocol and additional reservation and control mechanisms to guarantee quality of service in ad hoc network system. The reason we choose CSMA protocol instead of other MAC protocols is that it is used in most of currently wireless LAN productions. Via QoS routing information and reservation scheme, network resources are dynamically allocated to individual multimedia application connections.