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Ad-Hoc
Networks, radio communication, multi-hop
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connections
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Routing
protocols (AODV, DSR, OLSR) typically find
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shortest
path (minimum hop count), though a range of
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other
metrics (ETX, maximum throughput, minimum
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energy
consumption, etc.) have been explored as well
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Network
bandwidth is scarce:
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Limited
by wireless technology
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Self-interference
of single-radio multi-hop communication reduces
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end-to-end
bandwidth for single flows
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All
nodes share common media: interference, collisions, back-offs
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Question: how well do routing protocols utilize scarce
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wireless bandwidth?
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