Self organized routing in wide area mobile ad-hoc networks

This paper considers the problem of routing in a wide area mobile ad-hoc network called terminode network. Our routing scheme is a combination of two protocols called terminode local routing (TLR) and terminode remote routing (TRR). TRR is activated when the destination is remote and uses location of the destination obtained either via location management or by location tracking. TLR acts when the packet gets close to the destination. The use of TRR results in a scalable solution that reduces dependence on the intermediate systems, while TLR allows us to reduce problems due to location inaccuracy. The paper describes TLR and TRR protocols and presents some simulation results.