Title :
Exploiting the unicast functionality of the on-demand multicast routing protocol
Author :
Lee, Sung-Ju ; Su, William ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
An ad hoc wireless network is composed of mobile hosts without any wired infrastructure support. In mobile ad hoc networks, unicast and multicast routing protocols are faced with the challenge of producing multihop routes because of limited radio propagation range. In addition, routing protocols must manage mobility and be bandwidth and power efficient. The on-demand multicast routing protocol (ODMRP) is a protocol designed for ad hoc networks with multicast purposes. Two unique features of ODMRP are its unicast capability and its utilization of a mobility prediction scheme to perform rerouting in anticipation of route disconnection. We describe ODMRP unicast routing functionality and assess the mobility prediction effectiveness and efficiency. We evaluate the ODMRP performance via detailed simulation and compare it with other ad hoc routing schemes
Keywords :
digital simulation; land mobile radio; multicast communication; packet radio networks; protocols; telecommunication network routing; ODMRP; ODMRP performance; ad hoc routing; bandwidth efficiency; mobile ad hoc wireless networks; mobile hosts; mobility management; mobility prediction; on-demand multicast routing protocol; power efficiency; radio propagation range; rerouting; route disconnection; routing protocols; simulation; unicast routing protocols; Ad hoc networks; Bandwidth; Energy management; Mobile ad hoc networks; Multicast protocols; Radio propagation; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Unicast; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Confernce, 2000. WCNC. 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6596-8
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2000.904823
