An analysis of the optimum node density for ad hoc mobile networks

@inproceedings{citeulike:1723745, abstract = {An ad hoc mobile network is a collection of nodes, each of which communicates over wireless channels and is capable of movement. Wireless nodes have the unique capability of transmission at different power levels. As the transmission power is varied, a tradeoff exists between the number of hops from source to destination and the overall bandwidth available to individual nodes. Because both battery life and channel bandwidth are limited resources in mobile networks, it is important to ascertain the effects different transmission powers have on the overall performance of the network. This paper explores the nature of this transmission power tradeoff in mobile networks to determine the optimum node density for delivering the maximum number of data packets. It is shown that there does not exist a global optimum density, but rather that, to achieve this maximum, the node density should increase as the rate of node movement increases}, author = {Royer, E. M. and Melliar-Smith, P. M. and Moser, L. E. }, booktitle = {Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {1723745}, journal = {Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on}, keywords = {gw\_positioning}, pages = {857--861 vol.3}, posted-at = {2007-10-03 12:27:43}, priority = {0}, title = {An analysis of the optimum node density for ad hoc mobile networks}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=937360}, volume = {3}, year = {2001} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1723745 TI - An analysis of the optimum node density for ad hoc mobile networks T2 - Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on JF - Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on VL - 3 SP - 857 EP - 861 vol.3 N2 - An ad hoc mobile network is a collection of nodes, each of which communicates over wireless channels and is capable of movement. Wireless nodes have the unique capability of transmission at different power levels. As the transmission power is varied, a tradeoff exists between the number of hops from source to destination and the overall bandwidth available to individual nodes. Because both battery life and channel bandwidth are limited resources in mobile networks, it is important to ascertain the effects different transmission powers have on the overall performance of the network. This paper explores the nature of this transmission power tradeoff in mobile networks to determine the optimum node density for delivering the maximum number of data packets. It is shown that there does not exist a global optimum density, but rather that, to achieve this maximum, the node density should increase as the rate of node movement increases KW - gw_positioning AU - Royer, EM AU - Melliar-Smith, PM AU - Moser, LE PY - 2001/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=937360 ER -