İ. Hökelek, M.Ü. Uyar, and M.A. Fecko (USA)
MANET, mobility, node degree, virtual backbone, analytic model
Service discovery architectures and cluster-assisted rout ing protocols in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) heav ily rely on formation and maintenance of a virtual back bone (VB). We present a novel analytic model for VB sta bility in MANETs. The model employs the dynamics of node movements, where link creation/failure is modeled via a random walk with probabilistic state-transition ma trix. The backbone formation algorithm gives preference to the nodes with the smaller number of link changes and the higher degree. Therefore, the link arrivals and departures approximate the probability (and thus the expected time) for a mobile node to leave, join, or remain in the backbone, i.e., the stability of a dynamic structure of VB nodes.
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