Date of Award
2015-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Computer Engineering
Advisor(s)
Michael P. McGarry
Second Advisor
Patricia J. Teller
Abstract
Neighbor Discovery (ND) is the process that initializes a reliable communication between one-hop neighbors in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). This process consists of scheduled exchanges of control messages, called â??Hello Messagesâ?? (HMs) between one-hop neighbors. HMs build bidirectional links that are used to announce the topology information. Each node uses ND and the topology information to populate its routing tables and to communicate with every other node in the network. In MANETs, ND process is a permanent process to discover one-hop neighbors. It is based on two parameters: 1) ND message interval (the period of time in between sending hello messages); and 2) ND message hold time (the validity time). A reliable ND process sustains a reliable data communication. Therefore, this research studies the impact of the ND parameters in data transmission by measuring the overall packet loss.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2015
File Size
66 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Esau Enrique Ruiz-Gaistardo
Recommended Citation
Ruiz-Gaistardo, Esau Enrique, "Neighbor Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks" (2015). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 1146.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/1146