A Survey of Mobility Models for Ad Hoc Network Research

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by Tracy Camp , Jeff Boleng , Vanessa Davies

Venue:	WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS & MOBILE COMPUTING (WCMC): SPECIAL ISSUE ON MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKING: RESEARCH, TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS
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@ARTICLE{Camp02asurvey,
    author = {Tracy Camp and Jeff Boleng and Vanessa Davies},
    title = {A Survey of Mobility Models for Ad Hoc Network Research},
    journal = {WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS & MOBILE COMPUTING (WCMC): SPECIAL ISSUE ON MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKING: RESEARCH, TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS},
    year = {2002},
    volume = {2},
    pages = {483--502}
}

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In the performance evaluation of a protocol for an ad hoc network, the protocol should be tested under realistic conditions including, but not limited to, a sensible transmission range, limited buffer space for the storage of messages, representative data traffic models, and realistic movements of the mobile users (i.e., a mobility model). This paper is a survey of mobility models that are used in the simulations of ad hoc networks. We describe several mobility models that represent mobile nodes whose movements are independent of each other (i.e., entity mobility models) and several mobility models that represent mobile nodes whose movements are dependent on each other (i.e., group mobility models). The goal of this paper is to present a number of mobility models in order to offer researchers more informed choices when they are deciding upon a mobility model to use in their performance evaluations. Lastly, we present simulation results that illustrate the importance of choosing a mobility model in the simulation of an ad hoc network protocol. Specifically, we illustrate how the performance results of an ad hoc network protocol drastically change as a result of changing the mobility model simulated.

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mobility model ad hoc network research ad hoc network protocol performance evaluation ad hoc network several mobility model mobile node mobile user performance result limited buffer space realistic condition informed choice realistic movement representative data traffic model group mobility model entity mobility model sensible transmission range present simulation result

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