Title :
A Topology-Aware Routing Protocol for the MANET with Multiple Sinks
Author :
Wang, Huahui ; Cen, Zhiwei ; Li, Tongtong ; Mutka, Matt
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI
Abstract :
In this paper, a topology-aware routing protocol is developed for the mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) with multiple fixed base stations (BSs). The protocol aims at delivering packets reliably from the source node to its nearest BS. A topology-aware route recovery method is proposed to resolve route failures, and a novel "majority vote" algorithm is developed to locally update the information about the nearest BS. In addition, as a backup solution to the periodic advertisement, we propose an "on-demand" topology refreshing algorithm, timely updating the network topology at the request of the urgent source nodes. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed protocol
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile communication; routing protocols; MANET; fixed base stations; majority vote algorithm; mobile ad-hoc networks; network topology; on-demand topology refreshing algorithm; route failures; topology-aware route recovery method; topology-aware routing protocol; Ad hoc networks; Base stations; Broadcasting; Hospitals; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Routing protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Voting; Wireless sensor networks; Ad-hoc networks; majority vote; topology-aware routing;
Conference_Titel :
Electro/information Technology, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
East Lansing, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9592-1
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9593-X
DOI :
10.1109/EIT.2006.252177
