Performance Evaluation of COPE-like Network Coding in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Simulation-Based Study

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of network coding in Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANETs) with help of NS-3 simulation tool. We compared the efficiency of COPE-like network coding for “copter”, “fixed-wing drone”, and “swarm” scenarios by quality of service (QoS) metrics. We use 802.11g standard at the data-link layer and AODV routing protocol at the network layer of OSI model. Average QoS metrics were estimated in 50 simulation runs for each parameter set. Results show that using of network coding in “copter” and “fixed-wing” scenarios improves PDR and goodput metrics. In “swarm” scenario the efficiency of network coding degrades for swarms with low density of nodes.