RCL : A new Method for Cross-Layer Network Modelling and Simulation

Mahmadou Issoufou Tiado (1) , Riadh Dhaou (2, 3) , André-Luc Beylot (2, 3)

1 IRIT - Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse
2 IRIT-RMESS - Réseaux, Mobiles, Embarqués, Sans fil, Satellites
3 Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse)

The evolution from wired network systems to wireless environments such as Ad-hoc networks enables the emerging of cross-layer systems to improve the wireless network performance. Efficient methods, that may either produce or update cross-layer conceptual models have to be considered. Those models allow an efficient organisation of the wireless systems. In our approach, a cross-layer conceptual model is composed of : cross- layer interaction models and interactions description arrays, produced by the Reverse Cross-Layer (RCL) method that we proposed. The method has been applied to a chosen protocol stack.

Mots clés: Ad hoc Network; Cross-layer Method

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Mahmadou Issoufou Tiado, Riadh Dhaou, André-Luc Beylot. RCL : A new Method for Cross-Layer Network Modelling and Simulation. 7th IFIP International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (MWCN 2005), International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Sep 2005, Marrakech, Morocco. ⟨hal-00753113⟩