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MATP ——A New Transport Protocol Wei Wang 5100309834 Abstract The objective of this project is to develop a new transport protocol for MANET. The results will be analyzed from implementation and simulations in ns-2. An existing transport protocol , ATP¹ ,is the main inspiration of my design. And my design ,MATP(Mobile Ad-hoc Network Transport Protocol), is different from that of ATP in that a direct link between sender and receiver is added to the whole process. 1. Introduction In a wired network, TCP is utilized as the transport control protocol that enables the network to transport packets reliably. However, when it comes to mobile network, some critical aspects of wireless network should be taken into consideration which form great influence on the working mode and packet-loss of the network. As is known to us, a wireless node could be moving at certain speed, yet the range of signal at certain SNR is limited, these two aspects make it important that the route be established from time to time. So a reliable transport could not be guaranteed if we use TCP , which is designed under the circumstances of wired network. Ad-hoc networks are uniquely characterized by the several factors that differentiate them from traditional computer networks: (i) Lack of a fixed infrastructure: Due to absence of dedicated routers, mobile hosts in ad-hoc networks also serve as peer-to-peer relays for connections in the network. (ii) Mobility: All hosts in the net-work are mobile, and hence the network topology can be highly dynamic. From the perspective of a single end-to-end connection, not only are the end-hosts mobile, but the intermediate “routers” are mobile too. (iii) Shared channel: Bec