A VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS

Authors

  • AKIO KOYAMA Yamagata University, Japan
  • SHOHEI SATO Yamagata University, Japan
  • LEONARD BAROLLI Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • MAKOTO TAKIZAWA Hosei University, Japan

Keywords:

Visualization system, MANET, network topology, packet flow, wireless communication, network management

Abstract

Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are autonomous distributed networks, where mobile nodes communicate with each other using wireless links. Since the communication is done by wireless links, it is difficult to grasp the network situation. It becomes even more difficult when the number of nodes is increased. In this paper, we propose a visualization system for MANETs. The system can mainly visualize the network topology, state of nodes, and packet flows in MANETs using mobile PCs and wireless LAN cards. The multi-hop communication function needed for visualization of MANETs was also implemented on the application layer. For visualization of network topology, we implemented three modes: GPS mode, Hop Tree mode and manual mode. Furthermore, in order to show the effectiveness of the system, we implemented DSR protocol and visualized its packet flow. We verified by experiments that the visualization system can promptly represent the network topology, the state of each node, and the packet flow.

 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Loo, J., Mauri, J. L. and Ortiz, J. H., Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -Current Status and Future Trends-

, CRC Press, 2012.

Toh, C.-K., Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocol and System. Pearson Education, 2002.

Sakata, S., Aoki, H. and Mase, K., Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and Wireless LAN Mesh Networks.

Trans. of IEICE, 2006, J89-B(6), 811-823.

MANET: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ manet-charter. html.

Mase, K., Okada, H. and Ohwada, Y., A Practice for Providing Wireless Broadband Access in

Support of Disaster Recovery in Rural Hill Village Areas: An Overview of Yamakoshi-net Joint

Experiments Project, Trans. of IEICE, 2008, J91-B(10), 857-861.

ThinkTube: Mesh Vista, http://www.thinktube.com/products/rmr_ meshvista.html.

Network Simulator 2, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/.

Network Animator, http, //www.isi.edu/nsnam/nam/.

Meyer, H., Odaker, T. and Hummel, K. A., OMVis: A 3D Network Protocol Visualization Tool

for OMNeT++. Simutools’10: Intl Conf on Simulation Tools and Techniques (Malaga, 2010), 22.

Koyama, A., Kamakura, K. and Barolli, L., MANET-Viewer: A Visualization System for Mobile

Ad-hoc Networks. in BWCCA-2009: Intl Workshop on Broadband and Wireless Computing,

Communication and Applications, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009), 450-455.

Geographical Survey Institute Japan: Surveying calculation: Distance and azimuthal calculation,

http://vldb.gsi. go.jp/sokuchi/surveycalc/bl2stf.html.

Sato, S., Koyama, A. and Barolli, L., MANET-Viewer II: A Visualization System for Visualizing

Packet Flow in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, in AINAWS2011: International Conference on

Advanced Information Networking and Application Workshops, (Singapore, 2011), 549-554.

Johnson, D. B., Maltz, D. A. and Hu, Y-C., The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) for

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for IPv4. IETF RFC4728, 2007.

Johnson, D. B. and Maltz, D. A., Dynamic Source Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks. Mobile

Computing, Kluwer Intl Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol. 353, 153-181, 1996.

Johnson, D. B., Maltz, D. A. and Broch, J., DSR: The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for

Multi-Hop Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Ad hoc networking, Addison-Wesley, 139-172, 2001.

Downloads

Published

2013-10-13

How to Cite

KOYAMA, A. ., SATO, S. ., BAROLLI, L. ., & TAKIZAWA, M. . (2013). A VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS. Journal of Mobile Multimedia, 9(1-2), 155–170. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JMM/article/view/4653

Issue

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

<< < 1 2