Destination Guided Mobility Models for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A study of the Destination Guided Mobility models.

“…This thesis is an extension of the work presented in [1] in the two directions identified above. More specifically, we are interested in studying the versatility and some performance aspects of DGM models.…”

“…Recently, a framework of mobility models called D estination Guided Mobility (DGM ) models for MANETs with a basic software tool was proposed [1]. This framework can be used to develop several simple DGM models with improved realism.…”

“…Recently, a framework of m obility models called Destination G uided Mobility (DGM) models was proposed [1], The basic idea behind DGM models is th a t a fixed number of destinations are assumed to be an integral part of th e network and the nodes only move between those destinations w ith specified transition probabilities.…”

“…The framework proposed in [1] was primarily aimed a t addressing th e concerns ex pressed in [3,[7][8][9] by providing guidelines for mobility model specification an d a soft ware tool to generate suitable mobility trace for th e performance studies of MANETs.…”

“…However, despite th e appeal of the idea behind the proposed framework in modelling various mobility patterns, th e work presented in [1] is limited at least in two aspects: (i) The work presented is preliminary and lacks detailed analysis and study of the proposed mobility models; and (ii) th e software tool presented to generate different DGM mobility models has limited functionality.…”