Title: Evaluation of MANET protocols for different indoor environments: results from a real MANET testbed

Authors: Masahiro Hiyama; Elis Kulla; Makoto Ikeda; Leonard Barolli

Addresses: Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1 Wajiro-higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan. ' Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1 Wajiro-higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan. ' Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1 Wajiro-higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan. ' Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1 Wajiro-higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan

Abstract: A mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is a collection of wireless mobile terminals, which create a temporary network without relying on a fixed infrastructure. MANETs are attracting attention for their potential use in several fields such as collaborative computing and communications in small areas. Considering mobility of the terminals, routing is a key process for operation of MANETs. In this paper, we analyse the performance of optimised link state routing (OLSR) and better approach to mobile ad hoc networking (BATMAN) protocols, in an indoor horizontal topology for three different scenarios. We also analyse the performance of OLSR protocol in an indoor vertical topology for two scenarios. We compare the results for horizontal and vertical topology considering OLSR protocol. From our experiments, we found that the mobility and node distance affect more the throughput and packetloss in the vertical topology.

Keywords: mobile ad hoc networks; MANETs; optimised link state routing; OLSR protocol; BATMAN protocol; indoor environment; stairs; testbed; routing protocols; mobility; node distance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSC.2012.047465

International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 2012 Vol.2 No.2, pp.71 - 82

Received: 15 Feb 2011
Accepted: 01 May 2011

Published online: 20 Sep 2014 *

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