Performance of Wireless Ad Hoc Network with All the Data Rate of IEEE 802.11b Using NS-3

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AbstractThroughout the past couple of decades, wireless devices have obtained a huge place in the marketplace as a consequence of appealing and promising attributes such as easy setup, mobility, dynamic character, and low price. This industry got the main kick-start after the deployment of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (Wi-Fi). Now, the IEEE 802.11 standards have become a landmark in the wireless sector on account of their various amazing capabilities. The IEEE 802.11b is the most well-known standard of the IEEE 802.11 family, which is broadly utilized in many wireless devices. IEEE 802.11b standards are very much used in wireless ad hoc network (WANET). WANET is the autonomous network that is formed by wireless devices without the need for infrastructure. IEEE 802.11b offers four different data rates, viz., 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps, and all of these work in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. In this paper, we have analyzed the wireless ad hoc networks performance using different data rates offered by IEEE 802.11b, and we have also explained why the network is outperforming at the higher data rate. The performance metrics used within this work are packet delivery ratio, lost packet ratio, average end-to-end delay, and throughput. Performance analysis about ad hoc network reveals different aspects those not focused on in the previous studies. The analysis has been completed with the assistance of network simulation 3 (NS-3).KeywordsAd hoc networkData rateIEEE 802.11bNS-3Packet size