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

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.