MANET Based, Cross layer Monitoring Process to Improve the Performance of IEEE 802.11

Mobile ad hoc networks are this newly evolved networking concept primarily due to the increase in use of wireless technology for communication. But the MANET concept faces issues over resource sharing, volatility of the network and erroneous data transmission. Thus a new cross layer design approach is being proposed where service discovery and routing functions are coupled for optimization. Congestion avoidance adopted due to the noise resulting from interference rather than from actual congestion or packet loss results in low bandwidth utilization. The new approach adopted in this paper will try and overcome these issues by sharing the information among various levels and minimizing data retransmissions and losses by making appropriate responses for the events.