Abstract

Wireless networks have limited capacity compared to wired networks. Capacity management becomes relatively more difficult in mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) due to mobility. MANETs are networks established by wireless connections of mobile devices that are configured automatically. MANETs do not have a specific backbone or infrastructure. Thus, traffic flow control is more complex than the networks with centralized structures. This study proposed a new algorithm, a Reservation Based-Reliable Flow Control (RB-RFC), for mobile ad hoc networks to ease the congestion occurring in MANET during the communication between the nodes and to maintain the continuity of the communication hindered. RB-RFC is based on users’ requests for bandwidth reservation to hop nodes. Hop nodes share the bandwidth equally among the requesting users. RB-RFC algorithm was simulated by using ns-2 and the obtained results were compared. According to the experimental studies, the algorithm gives better results.

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