Evaluation of MANET routing protocols in a realistic emergency response scenario
Christian Raffelsberger, Hermann Hellwagner · 2012
Abstract—We evaluate the performance of several routing protocols for mobile ad-hoc networks in an emergency response scenario. The simulated scenario uses a disaster area mobility model and a wireless shadowing model to represent realistic first responder movements in a hybrid indoor/outdoor environment. The resulting scenario imposes some challenges on the MANET routing protocols such as intermittently connectivity and network partitions. The simulation results show that nodes have diverse connectivity characteristics that cause high packet loss rates.