Nikos Migas
MARIAN: A hybrid, metric-driven, agent-based routing protocol for multihop ad-hoc networks
Migas, Nikos
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Abstract
Recent advances in technology provided the ground for highly dynamic, mobile, infrastructure-less networks, namely, ad-hoc networks. Despite their enormous benefits, the full potential cannot be reached unless certain issues are resolved. These mainly involve routing, as the lack of an infrastructure imposes a heavy burden on mobile devices that must maintain location information and route data packets in a multi-hop fashion. Specifically, typical adhoc routing devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), are limited in respect to the available throughput, life-time, and performance, that these may provide, as routing elements. Thus, there is a need for metric-driven ad-hoc routing, that is, devices should be utilised for routing according to their fitness, as different device types significantly vary in terms of routing fitness. In addition, a concrete agent-based approach can provide a set of advantages over a non-agent-based one, which includes: better design practice; and automatic reconfigurability.
This research work aims to investigate the applicability of stationary and mobile agent technology in multi-hop ad-hoc routing. Specifically, this research proposes a novel hybrid, metric-driven, agent-based routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc networks that will enhance current routing schemes. The novelties that are expected to be achieved include: maximum network performance, increased scalability, dynamic adaptation, Quality of Service (QoS), energy conservation, reconfigurability, and security. The underlying idea is based on the fact that stationary and mobile agents can be ideal candidates for such dynamic environments due to their advanced characteristics, and thus offer state of the art support in terms of organising the otherwise disoriented network into an efficient and flexible hierarchical structure, classifying the routing fitness of participating devices, and therefore allow intelligent routing decisions to be taken on that basis.
Thesis Type | Thesis |
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Deposit Date | Dec 22, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 22, 2010 |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | multi-hop ad-hoc routing; wireless ad-hoc networks; stationery and mobile agents; clustering; routing; QoS; automatic network reconfiguration; security; intelligent filtering; |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4000 |
Contract Date | Dec 22, 2010 |
Award Date | 2008 |
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