A Mobility Model for Studying Wireless Communication
by
Raymond Greenlaw
Department of Computer Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Coauthors: Sanpawat Kantabutra, The Theory of Computation Group, Computer Science Department, Chiang Mai University

This paper describes a mathematical communications model for Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs). These networks are mobile and self-configuring. Users of a MANET are also mobile, for example, walking around with a laptop or driving in an emergency vehicle at a disaster-relief site. Obstacles may prevent two users from communicating as they move around a given geographic area. We first present the model's definition. An instance of the model is illustrated via an example, and a few interesting research problems related to this model are defined. We discuss solutions to the problems, and conclude with some interesting open problems.

Date received: March 26, 2007