A Novel Proactive Routing Method for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Didi Fedoua¹  Bambrik Ilyas¹ 

关键词: Routing Protocol;    MANET;    Proactive;    Reactive;    Overhead;    Network Resources;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2015.382.402

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, the Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) becamemore popular due to their multiple advantages such as the low setup cost,auto-configuration and auto-healing features. This kind of network isdistinguished by its dynamic and distributed nature since it does not containany form of centralized infrastructure. These characteristics have led to theemergence of new routing protocols specifically designed for dynamictopologies. Some protocols construct and maintain paths before they are needed(proactive protocols). However, this method generates a massive volume ofoverhead. Other protocols reduce the overhead by constructing paths only whenit is necessary (reactive protocols). On the otherhand, this method is not well adapted when the topological changes are frequentand can increase the transmission delay. Though the features presented by thistype of network seem appealing, maintaining the network connectivity in adistributed fashion is a complicated task and could drain a significant pieceof the network resources. Moreover, considering that the network members areusually embedded devices equipped with limited resources, it is vital tominimize the resources spent by the routing protocol. In this study wecompare the various routing strategies designed for MANET and propose aproactive routing algorithm that consumes an acceptable quantity of the networkmembers resources. Furthermore, we present how our protocol works and multipletests to show the protocol reactions to the different topological parameters.

【 授权许可】

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