A Multiple-Landmark Multicast Protocol Based on Location Information in Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper, we propose a novel location-information-based multiple-landmark multicast protocol (MLMP). This protocol is an implicit, flexible hierarchical routing scheme following the traditional hierarchical method for handling scalability in large scale Ad hoc networks. MLMP features dynamic distributed election of multiple landmarks with scope constraints and multicast packet forwarding using location-information-based protocol. The protocol is very suit for large scale Ad hoc networks. The simulation results showed the better performance properties of MLMP in general Ad hoc networks infrastructures.