Title :
Bandwidth-efficient routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
Author :
Al-Qassas, R.S. ; Al-Ayyoub, A. ; Ould-Khaoua, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) have dynamic irregular topologies by nature, and suffer from inherent limitations such as limited bandwidth and power. A number of routing protocols have been proposed in the past few years to deal with these issues efficiently. The paper proposes and evaluates a new routing protocol, referred to here as the vector routing protocol (VRP). One of the main features of the VRP is its lower communication overhead to establish a route from source to destination. Results obtained through simulation experiments reveal that the new VRP algorithm achieves a lower communication overhead than the well known DSDV and AODV protocols, especially in low mobility environments.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile computing; performance evaluation; routing protocols; wireless LAN; MANET; VRP algorithm; bandwidth-efficient routing protocol; communication overhead; dynamic irregular topologies; low mobility environments; mobile ad hoc networks; simulation experiments; vector routing protocol;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-sen:20030811