Anycast routing for mobile networking

Author

Park, Vincent D. ; Macker, Joseph P.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of locating and forwarding network traffic to any one of a set of distributed servers or service points-primarily in the context of mobile ad hoc networks. The advantages of providing such a capability in mobile networks through the use of anycast routing techniques at the network layer are discussed. The results of a simulation study are highlighted to demonstrate how anycast routing techniques can provide a one-to any communication capability with greater efficiency than traditional unicast based techniques. The simulation results also indicate anycast routing simplifies required configuration and management and reduces connection setup latency and overall message packet delay. Potential applications of anycast routing technology in military networks are presented and related issues are discussed

Keywords

delays; digital simulation; land mobile radio; military communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; anycast routing; connection setup latency reduction; distributed servers; efficiency; message packet delay reduction; military networks; mobile ad hoc networks; mobile networking; network configuration; network layer; network management; network traffic forwarding; network traffic location; one-to any communication; service points; simulation results; simulation study; unicast based techniques; Context; Context-aware services; Delay; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Network servers; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.822631

Filename

822631