An Improved Method for Maintenance Scheme of an Inter-Zone Route

Abstract

In ad hoc networks, the maintenance scheme of an inter-zone route in ZRP (Zone Routing Protocol) makes ZRP take less reliability, more transmission delay and more routing overheads. Aiming at the problem above, BSRZRP (Backup Segment Routes based Zone Routing Protocol) was proposed. In BSRZRP, an inter-zone route was repaired by using backup segment routes as much as possible when an inter-zone route-link opened. This improved method is favor to improve protocol reliability and reduce transmission delay and routing overheads of protocol.