Abstract:
This paper reports on preliminary work
on the design of an experimental ad hoc network to
be deployed on moving platforms. We discuss and
evaluate a moving wireless network consisting of a
collection of wireless terminals operating as a
moving wireless 'local' area network (m-WLAN)
carried by a platform in motion. Each m-WLAN
communicates wirelessly with a global fixed or
wireless network through an anchor or master (M)
node. The network travels at a speed v kmlhr as the
master node maintains attachment to a global fixed
network. The slave nodes and their master (M) node
retain a wireless local area network structure in a
mobile system scenario (truck, bus, train and
airplane).
We introduce the new concepts of communication
possibility and network mobility in addition to
device and personal mobility. We describe and
explore network mobility in detail providing insight
into the requirements.
