Quasi-tree mobility management for internet connectivity of mobile ad hoc networks |
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Authors: | Trung-Dinh Han Hoon Oh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ubicom Lab, School of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Ulsan, San 29, Mugeo 2-Dong, Nam-gu, P.O. BOX 18, Ulsan, 680-749, South Korea |
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Abstract: | The location of mobile nodes must be managed to enable Internet connectivity of mobile ad hoc networks. Node mobility can be managed efficiently using a tree topology in which a mobile node registers with an Internet gateway along a tree path without using flooding. However, a node that loses connectivity to its parent has to find and connect to a new parent through a join-handshaking process. This tends to increase control overhead and impose some delay on on-going communication. Furthermore, the node may join its descendant because of the synchronization delay in updating topology change, creating a loop that significantly increases control overhead. We improve these problems by maintaining a quasi-tree topology in which a node maintains multiple parents. We also present a technique for detection and resolution of loops. The simulation results show that the quasi-tree mobility management approach far outperforms the traditional approaches and is highly robust against the significant increases in tree size and node mobility. |
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