MicroRouting: A Scalable and Robust Communication Paradigm for Sparse Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks are self-organizing networks that provide rapid network connectivity in infrastructureless environments. Most routing protocols designed for MANETs assume connected networks. Such a restriction directly limits the application domains of MANETs. In this paper, we study the problem of providing timecritical data delivery in sparse ad hoc networks where network partition can last for a long period, without imposing any restrictions on the node mobility. Supporting real-time communication with unconstrained mobility is important to many mission-critical applications such as battlefields and search and rescue in large-scale disaster areas. In this paper, we propose microrouting networks consisting of tiny nodes similar to sensors but without transducers (called microrouters) as a substrate for time-critical data delivery in sparse MANETs. We describe the microrouting protocol for the resulting hybrid network which exploits the fact that microrouters are stationary, b...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: IJDSN
• Authors: Saumitra M. Das, Himabindu Pucha, Y. Charlie Hu
• Keywords: Ad Hoc Networks, Data Delivery, IJDSN 2006, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks