Bounded Dynamic Source Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a collection of mobile platforms or nodes that come together to form a network capable of communicating with each other, without the help of a central controller. To avail the maximum potential of a MANET, it is of great importance to devise a routing scheme, which will optimize upon the performance of a MANET, given the high rate of random mobility of the nodes. In a MANET individual nodes perform the routing functions like route discovery, route maintenance and delivery of packets from one node to the other. Existing routing protocols flood the network with broadcasts of route discovery messages, while attempting to establish a route. This characteristic is instrumental in deteriorating the performance of a MANET, as resource overhead triggered by broadcasts is directly proportional to the size of the network. Bounded-dynamic source routing (B-DSR), is proposed to curb this multitude of superfluous broadcasts, thus enabling to reserve valuable resources like bandwidth and battery power. B-DSR establishes a bounded region in the network, only within which, transmissions of route discovery messages are processed and validated for establishing a route. All route discovery messages reaching outside of this bounded region are dropped, thus preventing the network from being flooded. In addition B-DSR also guarantees loop-free routing and is robust for a rapid recovery when routes in the network change.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• George, Glyco

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mikler, Armin R.
• Boukerche, Azzedine
• Jacob, Roy T.
• Dantu, Ram

• Computer networks.
• Mobile computing.
• Routers (Computer networks)
• broadcasts
• Ad hoc networks
• routing
• MANET
• wireless bounded routing
• route discovery

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• George, Glyco
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

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oclc: 53321677
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