A taxonomic Approach to Topology Control in Ad-hoc and Wireless Networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces a taxonomy for topology control protocols in ad-hoc and wireless networks, helping to classify and understand their diverse approaches for improving network efficiency and resource management.

Contribution

It presents a comprehensive taxonomy for TC protocols and classifies existing protocols within this framework, clarifying their roles and assumptions.

Findings

Taxonomy helps categorize TC protocols based on their assumptions and goals.

Classified several existing TC protocols within the proposed taxonomy.

Facilitates better understanding and comparison of TC protocols.

Abstract

Topology Control (TC) aims at tuning the topology of highly dynamic networks to provide better control over network resources and to increase the efficiency of communication. Recently, many TC protocols have been proposed. The protocols are designed for preserving connectivity, minimizing energy consumption, maximizing the overall network coverage or network capacity. Each TC protocol makes different assumptions about the network topology, environment detection resources, and control capacities. This circumstance makes it extremely difficult to comprehend the role and purpose of each protocol. To tackle this situation, a taxonomy for TC protocols is presented throughout this paper. Additionally, some TC protocols are classified based upon this taxonomy.