APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONGESTION CONTROL USING DYNAMIC PACKET BURSTING IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS

摘要

An apparatus and a method for congestion control by using dynamic packet bursting in mobile Ad hoc networks are provided to increase the actual amount of traffic, not the simple concession of a bandwidth, thereby quickly solving congestion and reducing the packet transmission delay of the whole network, and improving its processing amount capacity. An apparatus for congestion control comprises the followings: an IP(Internet Protocol)(20) which manages Ad hoc routing through an Ad hoc routing protocol(10) in a mobile terminal; an MAC(Media Access Control)(40) based on IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11 which interacts with a data link layer; a monitoring unit(50) which determines a congestion state by monitoring the number of packets settled on an interface buffer and the number of active connections of each mobile terminal in the IP; and a resource allocating unit(60) which performs packet bursting by instructing the number and method of the packet bursting to the MAC if the congestion is recognized through the monitoring unit.