Implementation and performance measurement and analysis of OLSR protocol

Hassan Sinky*, Bechir Hamdaoui

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Abstract

This paper provides a measurement-based performance evaluation of the Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. Two versions of OLSR, OLSR-ETX and OLSR-ETT, are implemented and evaluated on a mesh network that we built from off-the-shelf commercial components. OLSR-ETX uses the Expected Transmission Count (ETX) metric whereas, OLSR-ETT uses the Expected Transmission Time (ETT) metric as a means of assessing link quality. The paper describes our implementation process of the ETT metric using the plug-in feature of OLSRd, and our calculation method of link bandwidth using the packet-pair technique. A series of measurements are conducted in our testbed to analyze and compare the performance of ETX and ETT metrics. Our measurements show that OLSR-ETT outperforms OLSR-ETX significantly in terms of packet loss, endtoend delay, and stability, yielding a much more robust, reliable, and efficient routing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIWCMC 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
Pages286-290
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2010 - Caen, France
Duration: 28 Jun 20102 Jul 2010

Publication series

NameIWCMC 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference

Conference

Conference6th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2010
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityCaen
Period28/06/102/07/10

Keywords

  • ETX ;ETT
  • Metrics
  • Multihop
  • OLSR
  • Routing
  • Testbed
  • Topology

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