Chun-Yen Hsu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1, Shun-Te Wang2 and Jean-Lien C. Wu3

1Networks and Multimedia Institute, Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan 105, R.O.C.
2Department of Electronic Engineering, Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 235, R.O.C.
3Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, St. John’s University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.


 

Received: October 27, 2008
Accepted: September 9, 2009
Publication Date: December 1, 2010

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2010.13.4.10  


ABSTRACT


Multihop wireless access networks, where clients can access the Internet through Internet gateways by direct or multihop transmissions, are potential for future wireless data services and vehicular network applications. In the context of multihop transmissions, less number of gateways is required for Internet access while a certain level of Internet connectivity still holds. In this paper, we investigate the Internet connectivity, which is the probability that all clients are Internet-reachable, in one-dimensional multihop wireless access networks. We show the relationship between the Internet connectivity and the deployment of Internet gateways. We also investigate the mean number of isolated clients, who are not Internet-reachable, in a multihop wireless access network. These results are useful for network operators to deploy Internet gateways, manage clients and design protocols for future vehicular network applications. The theoretical results are corroborated through extensive simulations.


Keywords: Internet Gateway, Multihop Wireless Access Network, Vehicular Ad Hoc Network, Internet Connectivity, Isolated Client


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