An Entity Stability Measure for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Due to the built-in mobility nature of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), the network topology constantly changes. Consequently, the state information for routing processes is imprecise. Examples of state information that are directly impacted by mobility are: delay, bandwidth, error rates, and jitter. The effect of mobility on the state information is critical to the extent that makes the QoS routing problem extremely complicated and inherently challenging. In this paper we provide an analytical estimation of an entity node stability measure (s n ). This measure is a new preemptive stability measure that relies on predicting the lifetime of the links