Scalable routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks

Author

Hong, Xiaoyan ; Xu, Kaixin ; Gerla, Mario

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2002

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

21

Abstract

The growing interest in mobile ad hoc network techniques has resulted in many routing protocol proposals. Scalability issues in ad hoc networks are attracting increasing attention these days. We survey the routing protocols that address scalability. The routing protocols included in the survey fall into three categories: flat routing protocols; hierarchical routing approaches; GPS augmented geographical routing schemes. The article compares the scalability properties and operational features of the protocols and discusses challenges in future routing protocol designs

Keywords

Global Positioning System; mobile radio; packet radio networks; protocols; telecommunication network routing; GPS augmented routing schemes; flat routing protocols; geographical routing schemes; hierarchical routing; mobile ad hoc networks; operational features; scalability properties; scalable routing protocols; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Contracts; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Mobile ad hoc networks; Monitoring; Proposals; Routing protocols; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNET.2002.1020231

Filename

1020231