Location trace aided routing in mobile ad hoc networks

Author

Wu, Kui ; Harms, Janelle

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

359

Abstract

A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile computers forming a temporary network without any existing wire line infrastructure. Due to the dynamic nature of the network topology, the established routes in a MANET may be disconnected because of node mobility. It is difficult to support real-time traffic if the routes are broken and re-constructed frequently. In this paper, we propose a LOcation Trace Aided Routing (LOTAR) protocol, which utilizes the mobile nodes´ location information to assist in routing and reduce the disruption of a flow. The performance of LOTAR is studied and compared to other routing approaches in MANET

Keywords

mobile computing; mobile radio; network topology; packet radio networks; protocols; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; MANET; established route disconnection; flow disruption reduction; location trace aided routing protocol; mobile ad hoc networks; mobile node location information; network topology; node mobility; packet routing; real-time traffic; temporary network; wireless mobile computers; Computer networks; Intelligent networks; Internet; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Network topology; Routing protocols; Spine; Wire; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6494-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2000.885514

Filename

885514