IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jftint/v10y2018i5p41-d144587.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Route Availability as a Communication Quality Metric of a Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Author

Listed:
  • Tamotsu Yashima

    (Information Systems Science Major, Graduate School of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji-shi 192-8577, Japan)

  • Kazumasa Takami

    (Information Systems Science Major, Graduate School of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji-shi 192-8577, Japan)

Abstract

Using ad hoc communication between mobile terminals, MANETs (mobile ad hoc networks) are independent of any communication infrastructure but their communication quality can degrade because, as terminals move about in the service area, routes are constantly disconnected and then re-established. There has been no proposal for a quality metric that models this unstable state, i.e., route nonuniformity. This paper proposes a new concept of route availability (RA) as a metric of route nonuniformity in a MANET and verifies how effectively it represents the quality of service (QoS) of a network or the quality of experience (QoE) of video streaming. We have built an environment that emulates a MANET capable of video streaming, and developed a method of measuring RA for two representative MANET routing methods: AODV (Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector) and OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing). We have examined the relationship between RA and conventional network QoS metrics: packet loss rate and throughput. We have also checked RA using a subjective quality assessment test.

Suggested Citation

  • Tamotsu Yashima & Kazumasa Takami, 2018. "Route Availability as a Communication Quality Metric of a Mobile Ad Hoc Network," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:10:y:2018:i:5:p:41-:d:144587
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/10/5/41/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/10/5/41/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Kamlesh Chandra Purohit & Sushil Chandra Dimri & Sanjay Jasola, 2017. "Performance evaluation of various MANET routing protocols for adaptability in VANET environment," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 8(2), pages 690-702, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:10:y:2018:i:5:p:41-:d:144587. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.