A Comparative Performance Analysis of Relaying Data in FANET

In this paper, we analyze Quality of Service metrics (QoS). We observe the situation with relaying streaming data in Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANET). The efficiency was analyzed analytically and with using Network Simulator-3 (NS-3). All calculations are made for three scenarios. In the first scenario, the source node is removed from the destination node at a certain distance. In the second scenario, a flying relay node is added between the source node and the destination node, which runs one of the routing protocols; the source node is also removed from the destination node. In the third scenario, the relay node flies in a circle with a different radius, with the source node moving away from the destination node. In all scenarios, comparative results of simulation modeling and mathematical calculations are given. Free-Space Mode was chosen as a propagation model for simulation. In the first scenario, an analytical graph of the dependence of the average error rate during transmission on energy per bit is constructed. For all other scenarios, graphs of the dependence of the average packet delivery ratio on the distance were plotted.