MBEAN: multicasting in BitTorrent enabled ad hoc networks

Author

Vellore, Padmini S. ; Gillard, Paul ; Venkatesen, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

13-16 June 2005

Firstpage

929

Abstract

A new scheme to apply the concept of BitTorrent protocol to exchange routing information and packets among the nodes of the ad hoc network for multicasting is proposed. This routing protocol is called multicast BitTorrent enabled ad hoc network (MBEAN) routing protocol. Here, each member node of the multicast group gives priority to the routing of pieces of information through member nodes and existing forwarding nodes rather than through non-forwarding nodes. Thus, nodes acting as non-forwarding nodes for a multicast group have sufficient power saved for forwarding other unicast messages in the network. Simulation results obtained as a result of implementing this concept to unicasting are discussed.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; multicast protocols; routing protocols; MBEAN routing protocol; multicast BitTorrent enabled ad hoc network; Ad hoc networks; Computer networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Multicast protocols; Network topology; Routing protocols; Unicast; Wireless communication; Wireless networks; Ad hoc networks; multicasting; routing; wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Networks, Communications and Mobile Computing, 2005 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9305-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIRLES.2005.1549537

Filename

1549537