Generic links and paths stability model for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Hanen Idoudi, Oumaima Ben Abderrahim, Khalil Mabrouk · 2016
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a collection of autonomous mobiles nodes forming a temporary network without using any existing infrastructure or centralized administration. MANETs are characterized by a dynamic topology which makes routing a critical task. Conventional routing protocols are mainly based on shortest paths computation which could be not effective facing the mobility of nodes. Therefore, finding stable paths in MANETS is a more reliable strategy to improve routing. In this paper, we study the stability of links and paths in MANETs. At that end, we define a generic and simple model for links and paths stability in MANETs, then, we investigate, using the new defined metrics, the effect of mobility under various scenarios. Our study showed that our model is perfectly capable of predicting the behavior of links and paths and that proactive routing always constructs low stability paths even under slow moving nodes.