Routing in ad hoc networks of mobile hosts

Author

Johnson, David B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

8-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

158

Lastpage

163

Abstract

An ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile hosts forming a temporary network without the aid of any centralized administration or standard support services. In such an environment, it may be necessary for one mobile host to enlist the aid of others in forwarding a packet to its destination due to the limited propagation range of each mobile host´s wireless transmissions. Some previous attempts have been made to use conventional routing protocols for routing in ad hoc networks, treating each mobile host as a router. This position paper points out a number of problems with this design and suggests a new approach based on separate route discovery and route maintenance protocols

Keywords

local area networks; mobile communication; portable computers; protocols; telecommunication network routing; wireless LAN; ad hoc network routing; centralized administration; limited propagation range; mobile host; mobile hosts; packet; route discovery; route maintenance protocols; routing protocols; standard support services; temporary network; wireless mobile hosts; wireless transmissions; Ad hoc networks; Airports; Computer science; Home automation; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internetworking; Mobile computing; Routing protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, 1994. Proceedings., Workshop on

Conference_Location

Santa Cruz, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6345-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCSA.1994.513476

Filename

513476