275 research outputs found
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Being infrastructure-less and without central administration control, wireless ad-hoc networking is playing a more and more important role in extending the coverage of traditional wireless infrastructure (cellular networks, wireless LAN, etc). This book includes state-of-the-art techniques and solutions for wireless ad-hoc networks. It focuses on the following topics in ad-hoc networks: quality-of-service and video communication, routing protocol and cross-layer design. A few interesting problems about security and delay-tolerant networks are also discussed. This book is targeted to provide network engineers and researchers with design guidelines for large scale wireless ad hoc networks
Previous hop routing: exploiting opportunism in VANETs
Routing in highly dynamic wireless networks such as Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
(VANETs) is a challenging task due to frequent topology changes. Sustaining
a transmission path between peers in such network environment is difficult. In
this thesis, Previous Hop Routing (PHR) is poposed; an opportunistic forwarding
protocol exploiting previous hop information and distance to destination to
make the forwarding decision on a packet-by-packet basis. It is intended for use in
highly dynamic network where the life time of a hop-by-hop path between source
and destination nodes is short. Exploiting the broadcast nature of wireless communication
avoids the need to copy packets, and enables redundant paths to be
formed. To save network resources, especially under high network loads, PHR
employs probabilistic forwarding. The forwarding probability is calculated based
on the perceived network load as measured by the arrival rate at the network
interface. We evaluate PHR in an urban VANET environment using NS2 (for
network traffic) and SUMO (for vehicular movement) simulators, with scenarios
configured to re
ect real-world conditions. The simulation scenarios are configured
to use two velocity profiles i.e. Low and high velocity. The results show that the
PHR networks able to achieve best performance as measured by Packet Delivery
Ratio (PDR) and Drop Burst Length (DBL) compared to conventional routing
protocols in high velocity scenarios
Communication Networks in CubeSat Constellations: Analysis, Design and Implementation
CubeSat constellations are redefining the way we approach to space missions, from
the particular impact on scientific mission possibilities, constellations potential is
growing with the increasing accessibility in terms of low development and launch
costs and higher performances of the available technologies for CubeSats.
In this thesis we focus on communication networks in CubeSat constellations: the
project consist of developing a clustering algorithm able to group small satellites
in order to create an optimized communication network by considering problems
related to mutual access time and communication capabilities we reduce the typical
negative effects of clustering algorithms such as ripple effect of re-clustering and
optimizing the cluster-head formation number.
The network creation is exploited by our proposed hardware system, composed
by a phased array with up to 10dB gain, managed by a beamforming algorithm,
to increase the total data volume transferable from a CubeSat constellation to the
ground station. The total data volume earned vary from 40% to a peak of 99% more,
depending on the constellation topology analyzed
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