Collaboration in Routing and Velocity Measurement Function for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

As mobile terminals in ad-hoc networks have low battery resources, designing light-weight routing protocols has become a significant goal along with other power-saving technologies. One way to meet these requirements is to utilize cars as intermediate nodes in mobile ad hoc networks. However, the high velocities of cars may seriously degrade network quality. We need an efficient routing protocol that can establish stable routes even if moving cars are used as network components. In this paper, we quantitatively evaluate the impact of the speed of the cars by simulation and propose a novel technology that integrates the velocity measurement function in routing. Extensive simulation results are presented to show the efficiency of our proposal.