TY - GEN
T1 - Policy-based self-management of hybrid Ad hoc networks for dynamic channel configuration
AU - Hadjiantonis, Antonis M.
AU - Pavlou, George
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Wireless networks have become a ubiquitous reality and ever more surround our everyday activities. They form and disappear around us spontaneously and have become new means for social interaction. At the same time, their increased complexity and heterogeneity have become barriers to their wider adoption and ease of use. It has become clear that self-management capabilities are vital for truly pervasive network management. To cater for the needs of both service providers and users, we propose a policy-based solution based on the ad hoc networking paradigm. By allowing limited infrastructure support, the notion of "hybrid ad hoc networks" emerges as a flexible extension to today's networks. A Distributed Policy Repository provides the support for policy-based device management and devices can autonomously adapt by examining local conditions and taking corrective actions in real-time. We design a system with self-management capabilities, able to self-configure and self-optimize connectivity parameters. Our aim is to simplify the management of hybrid ad hoc networks, enabling their coexistence and integration with wireless local area networks (WLANs). Implementation and deployment on a wireless testbed have demonstrated significant performance improvement for ad hoc networks in the presence of interference. Our experiments have measured a 33% goodput increase, after switching to a non-interfering channel in real-time.
AB - Wireless networks have become a ubiquitous reality and ever more surround our everyday activities. They form and disappear around us spontaneously and have become new means for social interaction. At the same time, their increased complexity and heterogeneity have become barriers to their wider adoption and ease of use. It has become clear that self-management capabilities are vital for truly pervasive network management. To cater for the needs of both service providers and users, we propose a policy-based solution based on the ad hoc networking paradigm. By allowing limited infrastructure support, the notion of "hybrid ad hoc networks" emerges as a flexible extension to today's networks. A Distributed Policy Repository provides the support for policy-based device management and devices can autonomously adapt by examining local conditions and taking corrective actions in real-time. We design a system with self-management capabilities, able to self-configure and self-optimize connectivity parameters. Our aim is to simplify the management of hybrid ad hoc networks, enabling their coexistence and integration with wireless local area networks (WLANs). Implementation and deployment on a wireless testbed have demonstrated significant performance improvement for ad hoc networks in the presence of interference. Our experiments have measured a 33% goodput increase, after switching to a non-interfering channel in real-time.
KW - 802.11
KW - Hybrid ad hoc networks
KW - Interference
KW - LDAP
KW - Policy-based management
KW - Self-management
KW - Ubiquitous systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51849099992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NOMS.2008.4575165
DO - 10.1109/NOMS.2008.4575165
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51849099992
SN - 9781424420667
T3 - NOMS 2008 - IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium: Pervasive Management for Ubiquitous Networks and Services
SP - 433
EP - 440
BT - NOMS 2008 - IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
T2 - NOMS 2008 - IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium: Pervasive Management for Ubiquitous Networks and Services
Y2 - 7 April 2008 through 11 April 2008
ER -