Intelligent scheduling management for QoS-enabled wireless ad hoc network with fuzzy rule-based system

We consider a large group of mobile stations that are interconnected by a multi-hop network, namely an ad hoc network. This network has the ability to operate without any existing wired or wireless infrastructure. The essential characteristics of this kind of network are a large number of nodes (also referred to as mobile users), node's mobility, and a need to support various kinds of services. To guarantee the quality-of-service (QoS) in an ad hoc network is quite challenging because the network's topology can change at anytime. In order to tackle the problem, we introduce an innovative scheduling management scheme utilizing a fuzzy rule-based system. This scheme takes in to account the queue length, link stability, link utilization, and packet's deadline. Experimental results reveal that the purposed scheme offers a promising performance in maintaining the network's QoS.