Multilayer Traffic Engineering in Interworking Multihop wireless networks

Bello, Oladayo and Bagula, Antoine and Chan, H.Anthony (2012) Multilayer Traffic Engineering in Interworking Multihop wireless networks, Network Protocols and Algorithms (Macrothink Institute), 4, 5-29.

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Abstract

The advancement in wireless networking and wireless device technology are paving the way for bringing the vision of ubiquitous communication to reality. This vision will be enabled by the interworking of existing wireless multihop wireless networks. However, the diversity in the design and operation of these wireless networks may not enable users to enjoy continuous network service as they traverse between networks. This paper presents a framework which ensures continuous service and sustains an acceptable service level quality for network users transiting between multiple multihop wireless networks. The focus is on the scenario where a user utilizes multiple hops to access any of the multiple networks. We classify the components of the framework into link discovery, resource optimization and routingprocesses. A set of analytical models and metrics are defined for these processes and the framework evaluated with simulations. The findings show that despite an increase in simultaneous network users, which degrades network performance, the framework is able to support quality continuous service for users transiting between networks.

Item Type: Journal article (paginated)
Additional Information: ISSN 1943-3581
Uncontrolled Keywords: Interworking, Multihop, Wireless network, Traffic Engineering
Subjects: Computer systems organization > Architectures > Distributed architectures
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2012
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2019 15:33
URI: http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/837

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