Research Article
Exploiting Multiple Beam Antennas for End-to-End Delay Reduction in Ad Hoc Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-74439-1_13, author={Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo and Thomas Kunz and Marc St-Hilaire}, title={Exploiting Multiple Beam Antennas for End-to-End Delay Reduction in Ad Hoc Networks}, proceedings={Ad Hoc Networks. 9th International Conference, AdHocNets 2017, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, September 28--29, 2017, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ADHOCNETS}, year={2018}, month={2}, keywords={Multi-beam antenna Ad hoc network Optimization Routing Delay minimization}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-74439-1_13} }- Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo
Thomas Kunz
Marc St-Hilaire
Year: 2018
Exploiting Multiple Beam Antennas for End-to-End Delay Reduction in Ad Hoc Networks
ADHOCNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74439-1_13
Abstract
Multi-Beam Antennas (MBAs) have two main characteristics: the Multi-Packet Transmission (MPT) capability and the Multi-Packet Reception (MPR) capability whereby a node can transmit/receive multiple packets at the same time. In this paper, we provide an analysis of how this MPT/MPR capability can be used to reduce the end-to-end delay in ad hoc networks. We formulate the delay reduction issue as an optimization problem. Simulations show that in order to exploit the full potential of MBAs for delay reduction, the scheduling of links has to promote the formation of and keep the formation of to a minimum; which leads to the selection of routes that very often are not the shortest. We also show that using only the shortest routes has a negative impact on the delay.