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A Realistic Mobility Model for Wireless Networks of Scale-Free Node Connectivity
International Journal of Mobile Communications
  • Sunho Lim, Texas Tech University
  • Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University
  • Chita R. Das, The Pennsylvania State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2010
Abstract

Recent studies discovered that many of social, natural and biological networks are characterised by scale-free power-law connectivity distribution. We envision that wireless networks are directly deployed over such real-world networks to facilitate communication among participating entities. This paper proposes Clustered Mobility Model (CMM), in which nodes do not move randomly but are attracted more to more populated areas. Unlike most of prior mobility models, CMM is shown to exhibit scale-free connectivity distribution. Extensive simulation study has been conducted to highlight the difference between Random WayPoint (RWP) and CMM by measuring network capacities at the physical, link and network layers.

DOI
10.1504/IJMC.2010.032979
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Postprint
Citation Information
Sunho Lim, Chansu Yu and Chita R. Das. "A Realistic Mobility Model for Wireless Networks of Scale-Free Node Connectivity" International Journal of Mobile Communications Vol. 8 Iss. 3 (2010) p. 351 - 369
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chansu_yu/32/