Experimentation with MANETs of Smartphones

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

Soares, E (Author) Other; Pedro Brandão (Author) FCUP; Rui Prior (Author) FCUP; Ana Aguiar (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Wireless Days

Pages: 155-158

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-G1F

DOI: 10.1109/wd.2017.7918133

Abstract (EN): Mobile AdHoc NETworks (MANETs) have been identified as a key emerging technology for scenarios in which IEEE 802.11 or cellular communications are either infeasible, inefficient, or cost-ineffective. Smartphones are the most adequate network nodes in many of these scenarios, but it is not straightforward to build a network with them. We extensively survey existing possibilities to build applications on top of adhoc smartphone networks for experimentation purposes, and introduce a taxonomy to classify them. We present AdHocDroid, an Android package that creates an IP-Ievel MANET of (rooted) Android smartphones. AdHocDroid supports standard TCPIIP applications, providing real smartphone IEEE 802.11 MANET and the capability to easily change the routing protocol. We validate the MANET with off-the-shelf applications and experimental performance evaluation, including network metrics and battery discharge rate.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4