A framework for wireless ad hoc routing protocols

Author

Lin, Tao ; Midkiff, Scott F. ; Park, Jahng S.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1162

Abstract

Many wireless ad hoc routing protocols have been proposed in the literature. Researchers are comparing and improving these protocols before standard routing protocols are defined. In this paper, we present a framework for wireless ad hoc routing protocols based on the concept of a relay node set (RNS). This framework facilitates the comparison, design, and improvement of wireless ad hoc routing protocols. We briefly present an analytical model for comparing protocols using this framework with packet overhead as the metric. We also apply the framework to show how to improve a routing protocol. Future work using the framework is also discussed.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; routing protocols; RNS; ad hoc network; packet overhead; relay node set; wireless ad hoc routing protocol; Analytical models; Broadcasting; Frame relay; Mobile ad hoc networks; Prototypes; Routing protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Topology; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200535

Filename

1200535