Channel capacity in mobile ad hoc networks

Abstract

One of the most important characteristics of mobile ad hoc networks is the limited bandwidth, which is considered as a bottleneck. This prompted us to study the channel capacity and the utilization of this capacity by the different types of packets in wireless ad hoc networks. This paper presents the results of a detailed packet-level simulation comparing for multi-hop wireless ad hoc network routing protocols. The simulation will be pe$ormed subject to various numbers of movement scenarios and trafic pattern.