A Novel Location-Based Multicast Protocol for Ad-Hoc Networks

Author

Caizzone, Giuseppe ; Erangoli, Walter ; Giacomazzi, Paolo ; Verticale, Giacomo

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan

fYear

2006

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A novel location-based multicast routing protocol for ad-hoc networks is proposed. Starting from a well-known extension of the GPSR protocol to multicast, reduced bandwidth consumption is obtained by performing clustering estimation of the destination group and by considering each cluster as a single node for packet forwarding. As the new protocol limits the number of packet replications, network efficiency is improved. When real-time multicast traffic is carried, the packet delivery ratio is increased without noticeably affecting end-to-end delay. We study the performance of our protocol through simulation, with a simulator implementing a full MAC protocol. This allows to measure the performance in bandwidth-limited scenarios and to validate the results

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; bandwidth allocation; multicast protocols; routing protocols; telecommunication traffic; MAC protocol; ad-hoc networks; bandwidth consumption; bandwidth-limited scenarios; clustering estimation; end-to-end delay; location-based multicast routing protocol; network efficiency; packet delivery ratio; packet forwarding; packet replications; real-time multicast traffic; Ad hoc networks; Bandwidth; Delay; Land mobile radio; Media Access Protocol; Mobile communication; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Traffic control; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0329-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2006.254175

Filename

4022369