Multipath Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Issues and Challenges

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) consist of a collection of wireless mobile nodes which dynamically exchange data among themselves without the reliance on a fixed base station or a wired backbone network. MANET nodes are typically distinguished by their limited power, processing, and memory resources as well as high degree of mobility. In such networks, the wireless mobile nodes may dynamically enter the network as well as leave the network. Due to the limited transmission range of wireless network nodes, multiple hops are usually needed for a node to exchange information with any other node in the network. Thus routing is a crucial issue to the design of a MANET. In this paper, we specifically examine the issues of multipath routing in MANETs. Multipath routing allows the establishment of multiple paths between a single source and single destination node. It is typically proposed in order to increase the reliability of data transmission (i.e., fault tolerance) or to provide load bala...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: MASCOTS
• Authors: Stephen Mueller, Rose P. Tsang, Dipak Ghosal
• Keywords: MASCOTS 2003, MASCOTS 2007, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Multipath Routing, Wireless Mobile Nodes