Authors:
Jonas Karlsson
1
;
Velizar G. Dimitrov
2
;
Andreas Kassler
1
;
Anna Brunstrom
1
;
Jan Nilsson
3
and
Anders Hansson
3
Affiliations:
1
Karlstad University, Sweden
;
2
Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
;
3
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden
Keyword(s):
MANET, TCP, Tactical Networks, TDMA.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Measurements and Experimental Research
;
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Multi-Hop Wireless
;
Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
;
Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
Tactical networks are used in military and rescue operations to provide timely and accurate information to operating teams. Tactical networks have traditionally used long distance narrow band radio links. However, although these links provide robust real-time communication the limited bandwidth makes them less suited for high data-rate applications. To support high-data rate TCP applications such as providing digital images and maps, emerging tactical networks use shorter range but higher data-rate wide band radio links and multihop. Due to the requirement of cheap up-front cost, most MANET research has focused on Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) networks. However, in tactical networks, where bounded delays are important, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) can give better possibility to support the Quality of Service needed for real-time communication. The purpose of this paper is to assess and compare the throughput of three state-of-the-art TCP versions and two routing protoc
ols over TDMA based MANETs.
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