@inproceedings{d88c1e4dc3ab472884dc9b8efc27beda,
title = "MR/sup 2/RP: The multi-rate and multi-range routing protocol for ad hoc wireless networks",
abstract = "This paper discusses the issue of routing packets over an IEEE 802.11 wireless ad hoc network with multiple data rates (1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mb/s). With the characteristics of modulation schemes, the data rate of a wireless network is inversely proportional with the transmission distance. The conventional shortest path of the minimum-hops approach will be no longer suitable for the contemporary multi-rate/multi-range wireless networks (MR/sup 2/WN). We propose an efficient delay-oriented multi-rate/multi-range routing protocol (MR/sup 2/RP) for MR/sup 2/WN to maximize the channel resource utilization as well as to minimize the network end-to-end transfer delay. By analyzing the medium access delay of the IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) protocol, the proposed MR/sup 2/RP is capable of predicting the end-to-end transfer delay of a routing path and find the best one. The proposed MR/sup 2/RP may choose a longer path but with less contention competitors and buffer queuing delay. Simulation results show that MR/sup 2/RP performs the load balancing and fast routing very well and its call blocking probability is obviously lower than that of conventional minimum-hops approach with fixed transmission rate.",
keywords = "Ad hoc, MAC, WLAN",
author = "Sheu, {Shiann Tsong} and Jenhui Chen",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1109/ISCC.2002.1021712",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
isbn = "0769516718",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications",
pages = "435--440",
booktitle = "Proceedings - ISCC 2002",
note = "7th International Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2002 ; Conference date: 01-07-2002 Through 04-07-2002",
}