A review of routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks

The 1990s have seen a rapid growth of research interests in mobile ad hoc networking. The infrastructureless and the dynamic nature of these networks demands new set of networking strategies to be implemented in order to provide efficient end-to-end communication. This, along with the diverse application of these networks in many different scenarios such as battlefield and disaster recovery, have seen MANETs being researched by many different organisations and institutes. MANETs employ the traditional TCP/IP structure to provide end-to-end communication between nodes. However, due to their mobility and the limited resource in wireless networks, each layer in the TCP/IP model require redefinition or modifications to function efficiently in MANETs. One interesting research area in MANET is routing. Routing in the MANETs is a challenging task and has received a tremendous amount of attention from researches. This has led to development of many different routing protocols for MANETs, and ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: ADHOC
• Authors: Mehran Abolhasan, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Eryk Dutkiewicz
• Keywords: ADHOC 2004, Efficient End-to-end Communication, Mobile Ad Hoc, Routing Protocols