Title: Topology control based on the group mobility model for mobile wireless mesh backbone networks

Authors: Zi Zhang; Ting-lei Huang

Addresses: Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China; Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China ' Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China; Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Abstract: In this paper, we study the characteristics and components of mobile wireless mesh backbone networks (MWMBNs). How to maintain the heterogeneous network connectivity in mobile scenarios is important. We propose a topology control algorithm based on the group mobility model for MWMBN to maintain network connectivity in mobile scenarios. It includes the following work: MWMBNs is classified into the mobile wireless backbone node group (MWBNG) and unit groups (UGs). the MWBNG is composed of all the MWBNs while the UG is composed of a MWBN and several TNs connect it. In the MWBNG, we propose the reference points assignment algorithm (RPAA) based on the RPGM model. In the UG, the TNs has different communication radius with the MWBNs', we propose the topology control algorithm based on tolerate zone using nomadic community mobility, the control algorithm does not need to use any control information to maintain topology control or to change the routing table. The TNs change the self-position to maintain the connectivity with the MWBN. The simulation results show the topology control algorithm based on the group mobility model for MWMBN to maintain the heterogeneous network connectivity when they move together.

Keywords: mobile wireless mesh backbone networks; MWMBN; group mobility model; topology control; wireless mesh networks; WMNs; network connectivity; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICT.2017.083259

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2017 Vol.10 No.3, pp.229 - 252

Received: 03 Nov 2014
Accepted: 02 Dec 2014
Published online: 23 Mar 2017 *

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