Development of Reserved Reliable Flow Control Algorithm in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 144 - 156, 24.12.2018

İbrahim Alper Doğru , O. Ayhan Erdem , M. Ali Akcayol

Abstract

As
is known, wireless networks have limited capacity compared to wired networks.
In mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), because of mobility, capacity management becomes
more difficult. MANETs are networks that are formed by wireless connections of
mobile devices that are configured automatically. MANETs do not have a specific
backbone or infrastructure. MANETs do not have a centralized structure. Because
of that, traffic flow control is more complex compared to the networks that
have centralized structures. There are many studies about flow control due to
such problems. In this study, the Reservation Based-Reliable Flow Control (RB-RFC)
algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks is proposed. The RB-RFC algorithm is based
on users’ requests for bandwidth reservation to hop nodes. Hop nodes distribute
the bandwidth equally among the requesting users. RB-RFC algorithm is simulated
using ns-2 and the obtained results are compared. According to the experimental
results, the algorithm was found to be successful.

Keywords

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, flow control, congestion avoidance

Development of Reserved Reliable Flow Control Algorithm in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

As
is known, wireless networks have limited capacity compared to wired networks.
In mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), because of mobility, capacity management becomes
more difficult. MANETs are networks that are formed by wireless connections of
mobile devices that are configured automatically. MANETs do not have a specific
backbone or infrastructure. MANETs do not have a centralized structure. Because
of that, traffic flow control is more complex compared to the networks that
have centralized structures. There are many studies about flow control due to
such problems. In this study, the Reservation Based-Reliable Flow Control (RB-RFC)
algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks is proposed. The RB-RFC algorithm is based
on users’ requests for bandwidth reservation to hop nodes. Hop nodes distribute
the bandwidth equally among the requesting users. RB-RFC algorithm is simulated
using ns-2 and the obtained results are compared. According to the experimental
results, the algorithm was found to be successful.

Keywords

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, flow control, congestion avoidance

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