A lightweight adaptive multicast algorithm

Author

Ji, Lusheng ; Corson, M. Scott

Author_Institution

Inst. for Syst. Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

1036

Abstract

In this paper, we present a multicast protocol which is built upon the temporally-ordered routing algorithm (TORA). The protocol-termed the lightweight adaptive multicast (LAM) routing algorithm-is designed for use in a Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) and, conceptually, can be thought of as an integration of the CORE based tree (CBT) multicast routing protocol and TORA. The direct coupling of LAM and TORA increases reaction efficiency (lowering protocol control overhead) as the new protocol can benefit from TORA´s mechanisms while reacting to topological changes. Also during periods of stable topology and constant group membership, the LAM protocol does not introduce any additional overhead because it does not require timer-based messaging during its execution

Keywords

mobile communication; multicast communication; network topology; protocols; telecommunication network routing; tree data structures; CORE based tree multicast routing protocol; LAM routing algorithm; MANET; Mobile Ad hoc NETwork; TORA; constant group membership; lightweight adaptive multicast algorithm; multicast protocol; reaction efficiency; stable topology; temporally-ordered routing algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Buildings; Educational institutions; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Multicast algorithms; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Topology; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776885

Filename

776885