Improving performance of a wireless multimedia traffic-oriented network through prediction of routing

D. C. Vasiliadis, G. E. Rizos, C. Vassilakis,
International Journal on Information Technologies & Security, no 3, 2010 Abstract:

Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have developed into a viable technology to support multimedia traffic and are expected to support multimedia services with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) for diverse traffic types (video, audio, and data). In this paper, we consider the incorporation of prediction into a generic distance-vector routing protocol for WLANs, evaluate the performance of the resulting routing scheme. Our study considers the enhancement of Distributed Bellman-Ford algorithm, which is a widely used algorithm, and assesses the effectiveness of the enhanced version on top of a fourth generation system (4-G). In order to compare the performance of the standard protocol against that of the prediction-enhanced version, we gather metrics for the two most important network performance factors, namely packet throughput and delay under different mobility and traffic conditions, using the simulation environment of NS-2. Both medium- and high-mobility configurations have been considered in this study.

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