Performance Comparison for Routing Protocols in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

Abstract:

In this paper, we consider a TDMA-based wireless network and address two major issues, fading and interference, existing in wireless networks since fading will lead to low quality links and interference may lead to unfair channel allocation. Because channel allocation selects the proper channel for each logical link and routing determines through which logical links the packets should be forwarded, there is strong interaction between MAC layer and network layer. In this paper, we seek for the performance trend with more channels allocated and further compare the performances of Bellman-Ford and AODV routing protocols based on the Packet Deliver Rate (PDR) to MAC layer in multi-radio multi-channel multi-hop wireless networks. Numerical results are given and discussions as well as insights into performance aspects for multi-radio multi-channel deployment are provided.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 433-440)
• Pages: 5107-5112
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.433-440.5107
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Zhao Long Ning, Yu Huai Peng, Lei Guo
• Keywords: Load Balancing, Multi-Channel, Routing Protocol, Wireless Network

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