HOLSR: a hierarchical proactive routing mechanism for mobile ad hoc networks

Author

Villasenor-Gonzalez, Luis ; Ge, Ying ; Lament, L.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Center, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

43

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

125

Abstract

This article reviews the hierarchical optimized link state routing (HOLSR) mechanism for heterogeneous mobile ad hoc networks. In this work a heterogeneous mobile ad hoc network is defined as a network of mobile nodes that are characterized by different communications capabilities, such as multiple radio interfaces. The article focuses on proposing the HOLSR protocol. The HOLSR mechanism is derived from the OLSR protocol; however, unlike OLSR, the HOLSR protocol takes advantage of different mobile node capabilities to reduce the routing control overhead in large heterogeneous ad hoc networks, thus improving the performance of the routing mechanism.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; radio links; routing protocols; telecommunication control; HOLSR; heterogeneous mobile ad hoc network; hierarchical optimized link state routing; hierarchical proactive routing mechanism; mobile node; network control overhead; radio interface; Ad hoc networks; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Organizing; Proposals; Relays; Routing protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2005.1470838

Filename

1470838