QoS enhancement and performance evaluation of ad-hoc routing protocols for rural public safety

Chad Bohannan, Li Zhang, Jian Tang, Richard S. Wolff, Shen Wan, Neeraj Gurdasani, Doug Galarus

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) for rural public safety. First, we discuss a QoS enhancement to a standard routing protocol, Dynamic Source Routing (DSR). By incorporating a new routing metric and the available bandwidth and delay estimation algorithms with DSR, we design a new routing protocol, QoS-Aware Source Routing (QASR), to meet the QoS requirements specified by Statement of Requirements (SoR) for public safety communications. We then evaluate the performance of QASR and the well-known standard routing protocols including Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) and DSR based on real public safety scenarios using the OPNET modeler at the 4.9GHz public safety spectrum band. Simulation results show that QASR significantly outperforms DSR and AODV in terms of various performance metrics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 - Dresden, Germany
Duration: Jun 14 2009Jun 18 2009

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)0536-1486

Other

Other2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDresden
Period6/14/096/18/09

Keywords

  • Mobile ad-hoc networks
  • Public safety
  • QoS
  • Routing
  • Rural areas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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