Application-aware self-reconfigurable routing support for multi-radio MANET protocols

Abstract

Recently, dynamic reconfiguration of routes using link quality metrics is required to support application requirements such as throughput or jitter in dynamically changing environments in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). Since multiple types of applications will be running over a MANET, the route reconfiguration should be aware of application characteristics and requirements rather than a single application type. We propose an application-aware self-reconfiguration scheme for multi-radio routing protocols that supports distinguished route reconfiguration for each application type. The detection of a deteriorated link and the selection of an alternative link are done separately based on application types and the bandwidth requirement.