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Cross Layer Design Approach to Enhance the Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

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The infrastructure-less and dynamic nature of mobile ad hoc networks demands a new set of networking strategies to improve the performance of quality of service (QoS). Providing QoS is a major issue in Manets. The traditional layered approach does not fit well for ad hoc networks due to high mobility and dynamic topology. This paper implements the cross layer design approach on DYMO routing protocol in Manets by using Qualnet simulator in both traditional layered approach and proposed cross layer approach. The proposed methodology uses four QoS metrics: throughput, end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio and jitter. The experimental result reveals that QoS performance is enhanced in CLD approach for DYMO. The throughput in traditional layered approach for DYMO is 1961 b/s, whereas in the CLD approach it is 2986 b/s. Finally this paper concludes that cross layer approach significantly improves the QoS performance when compared with layered approach.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Venkataramana Attada

  2. Department of CS&SE, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

    S. Pallam Setty

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Attada, V., Pallam Setty, S. Cross Layer Design Approach to Enhance the Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 84, 305–319 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2609-6

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