Mobility Model for Self-Organizing and Cooperative MSN and MANET Systems

Abstract

Self-organization mechanisms are used for building scalable systems consisting of a huge number of subsystems. In computer networks, self-organizing is especially important in ad hoc networking. A self-organizing ad hoc network is a collection of wireless devices that collaborate with each other to form a network system that adapts to achieve a goal or goals. Such network is often built from mobile devices that may spontaneously create a network and dynamically adapted to changes in an unknown environment. Mobility pattern is a critical element that influences the performance characteristics of mobile sensor networks (MSN) and mobile ad hoc networks (MANET). In this paper, we survey main directions to mobility modeling. We describe a novel algorithm for calculating mobility patterns for mobile devices that is based on a cluster formation and an artificial potential function. Finally, we present the simulation results of its application to a rescue mission planning.

Keywords

• Self-organizing network
• Ad hoc network
• Mobile sensor network
• MSN
• MANET
• Mobility model; Artificial potential function
• Network simulation