Evaluating Mobility Models within an Ad Hoc Network

.......................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES....................................................................viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................................................................................... x DEDICATION ....................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1 AD HOC NETWORKS.......................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 ENTITY MOBILITY MODELS............................................................ 4 2.1 Cellular Mobility Models ........................................................................... 5 2.1.1 Random Walk Mobility Model ........................................................... 6 2.1.2 Fluid-Flow Mobility Model .............................................................. 11 2.1.3 Random Gauss-Markov Mobility Model .......................................... 11 2.2 Ad Hoc Mobility Models ......................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Random Mobility Model................................................................... 14 2.2.2 Constant Velocity Random Direction Mobility Model..................... 14 2.2.3 Random Waypoint Mobility Model .................................................. 15 2.2.4 Random Direction Mobility Model................................................... 16 2.2.5 A Boundless Simulation Area Mobility Model................................. 18 2.2.6 A Probabilistic Version of the Random Mobility Model.................. 21 2.2.7 City Area, Area Zone, and Street Unit Mobility Model.................... 23 2.2.8 A Hierarchy of Mobility Models by Lam ......................................... 25