Towards a scalable routing approach for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

Abstract

The Internet is evolving towards a twofold architecture that will comprise of traditional infrastructure based networks as well as emerging self organised autonomic peripheral networks. Such Internet peripheral networks are being termed as the Internet of things (IoT) whereby smart objects and devices will be connected together in a fully distributed fashion to provide ubiquitous services through pervasive networking. Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) is regarded as one of the pervasive self-organised networks that will play a major role in autonomic future internet communication. There are several wellknown challenges to be addressed in order to enable MANET deployments of large islands of interconnected smart devices. Therefore, in this paper, we perform simulations using the ns-2 software, for various well-known routing protocols for MANETs in order to determine the scalability of these protocols. This paper analyses the scalability of the routing protocols with respect to routing overhead required by approaches while also considering the packet delivery latency, which is an important Quality of Service (QoS) metric.

Data Naming Mechanism of LEO Satellite Mega-Constellations for the Internet of Things

“…Generally, the perception layer uses radio frequency identification (RFID) [35], wireless sensor networks (WSN) [36], near field communication (NFC) [37], infrared and other technologies for object perception and data transmission using short-distance communication methods such as Bluetooth and ultra-wide band (UWB). The transmission layer uses the internet, public mobile communication technologies (4G, 5G [38]), mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) [39], satellite networks [40], vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) [41], etc., to transmit collect data. At the application layer, data processing and analysis are completed by cloud computing [42], big data [43] and other means to provide services for end users.…”

Applicability of Space-Time Block Codes for Distributed Cooperative Broadcasting in MANETs with High Node Mobility

“…To manage these, common routing protocols distribute topology control messages within the entire network. However, the necessary overhead limits the scalability with respect to the number of nodes N TX [1], [6], [7]. A more efficient distribution of such messages has therefore the potential to immediately improve the routing and hence the overall scalability of MANETs.…”

Multipath routing approach to enhance resiliency and scalability in ad-hoc networks

“…In this paper, we provide an update on the adaptive and hybrid CML routing protocol [4] [5] [6] [7] which adapts its routing behavior according to changes in the network size. For small networks, CML routes data proacticely using the OLSR routing protocol, and utilizes the reactive AODV protocol while operating in large networks.…”