Routing Protocol for Smart Radio Ad-Hoc Networks

摘要

The purpose of this project was to investigate networking aspects of Smart Radio; more specifically, the routing in an ad-hoc networking environment was studied. The Smart Radio principle allows communication using software- generated waveforms. Generation and reception of transmission using such flexible communication is of special interest in the ad-hoc networks environment, because of the unusually difficult communication requirements that such an environment presents. We have proposed and evaluated the performance of a routing scheme that is in particular suitable for ad-hoc networks, due to its mixed nature of on-demand (reactive) and proactive behavior. We have showed that the routing scheme is adaptive in its behavior, and its operational point can be adjusted through sizing of a single parameter - the Zone Radius. The choice of a suitable value of the Zone Radius depends on the Call4o-Mobility Ratio, which indicates how active a mobile is in initiating traffic and how often the mobile changes its location. Results of our study could be used in designing a new generation of military communication networks, capable of very fast reconfiguration speed, covering large geographic% areas, and consisting of a large user population.