Performance analysis of bee-hive routing in multi-radio networks

In recent years, wireless communication technology has reduced the distance between people and has hence become a significant part of our lives. Two such technologies are WiFi(IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX(IEEE 802.16) where the latter is a long range system covering many kilometers, whereas former is a synonym for WLAN providing a coverage of only short ranges. This work describes the implementation of a framework in which a multi-hop, ad-hoc network is deployed with hybrid nodes to enhance network throughput. The data traffic received is split between the WiFi and WiMAX radios on the basis of th e split coefficient value statically. The routing algorithm being implemented in this paper is the be e-hive algorithm. Bee-hive algorithm is a multi-path routing algorithm inspired by the social behavior of swarms of bees. It is dynamic, robust and flexible yet simple algorithm which can prove helpful for optimal

Traffic splitting in a mobile Ad-hoc Multi-radio network

This paper deals with the design of a Multi-radio Hybrid node that performs traffic splitting over a Multi-Hop Ad-hoc wireless network. The multiradio nodes have a WiMAX and a WiFi Radio that are used in transmitting data traffic over two different radio channels. Data traffic is split statically over a node and transmitted over the two radio channels. In the present work we consider the mobility aspect of the network. The hybrid nodes are built to be mobile and respond to changes in the network scenario. We implement the AODV Routing protocol and the BeeHive Routing algorithm on these nodes and compare the Throughput and End-to-End delay for data transmission in the network. © 2013 IEEE