Complex Routing for Temporary Information Sharing in Wireless Mesh Networks

This paper proposes Complex Routing for temporary information sharing in a wireless mesh network built in a geographically limited area. Complex Routing determines a route from a sender to a receiver based on the operations of the complex numbers held by each node. In addition, it provides an adaptation mechanism for changing the complex numbers. In temporary information sharing, senders and receivers freely appear in the network, and information forwarding from a sender to a receiver is conducted using freely assigned identifiers of information. In simulations, we consider several basic spatial patterns for the appearance of senders and receivers, and examine whether Complex Routing can provide reliable information forwarding capability. As a comparison, the simulation results show that Complex Routing is better than or equal to a random walk.