Title :
Neighbor supporting ad hoc multicast routing protocol
Author :
Lee, Seungjoon ; Kim, Chongkwon
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
An ad hoc network is a multi-hop wireless network formed by a collection of mobile nodes without the intervention of fixed infrastructure. Limited bandwidth and a high degree of mobility require that routing protocols for ad hoc networks be robust, simple, and energy-conserving. This paper proposes a new ad hoc multicast routing protocol called neighbor-supporting multicast protocol (NSMP). NSMP adopts a mesh structure to enhance resilience against mobility. NSMP utilizes node locality to reduce the overhead of route failure recovery and mesh maintenance. NSMP also attempts to improve route efficiency and reduce data transmissions. Our simulation results show that NSMP delivers packets efficiently while substantially reducing control overhead in various environments
Keywords :
data communication; digital simulation; land mobile radio; multicast communication; network topology; packet radio networks; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; ad hoc multicast routing protocol; ad hoc network; control overhead reduction; data transmission; energy-conserving protocol; limited bandwidth; mesh maintenance; mesh structure; mobile nodes; multi-hop wireless network; neighbor-supporting multicast protocol; node locality; overhead reduction; packet transmission; robust protocols; route efficiency; route failure recovery; simulation results; Ad hoc networks; Bandwidth; Data communication; Mobile computing; Multicast protocols; Robustness; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Unicast; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile and Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, 2000. MobiHOC. 2000 First Annual Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6534-8
DOI :
10.1109/MOBHOC.2000.869211
