A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network Data Communication Benchmark

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network is a wireless, selforganizing network where all clients and all servers are mobile and battery powered. Currently, most MANET research has been centered on data routing. Increasingly, data communication methods in MANET are being explored. A MANET allows data communication through data broadcast, data query, and peer-to-peer messages. One significant difficulty in assessing and comparing the different MANET data communication protocols proposed is the lack of a standard test environment or benchmark. A MANET data communication benchmark must include, at a minimum, a standard architecture, standard workload, and a standard set of evaluation parameters. This paper describes the major features of a MANET data communication benchmark and demonstrates the benchmark through analysis and simulation of the TriM MANET data communication protocol. This is the first benchmark targeted at MANET data communication