Title :
A reliable virtual backbone scheme in mobile ad-hoc networks
Author :
Min, Manki ; Wang, Feng ; Du, Ding-Zhu ; Pardalos, Panos M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
In wireless ad-hoc networks, hosts communicate with each other without help of any physical infrastructure. Inevitably, the communication tends to be inefficient in terms of computational and network resources. Study on virtual infrastructures or backbones in wireless ad-hoc networks gets more attention in the hope of reducing the communication overhead. But the backbone structure is very vulnerable due to various factors like node mobility, unstable links, and so on. So a new scheme which is reliable and efficient both to construct and maintain the backbone structure is needed. We present our noble virtual backbone scheme which is reliable and efficient by considering stability and coverage of nodes.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile radio; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; computational resources; mobile ad-hoc networks; network resources; network topology; node mobility; routing schemes; unstable links; virtual backbone scheme; virtual infrastructures; Ad hoc networks; Broadcasting; Costs; Intelligent networks; Maintenance; Network topology; Routing; Spine; Stability; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems, 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8815-1
DOI :
10.1109/MAHSS.2004.1392074