M3RP: Multi-rate/Multi-range Multicast Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

— Group Communication services have become more and more important in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The use of multicast transmission techniques in MANETs has been shown to have significant advantages in terms of reducing the redundant communications overhead and utilize network resources more efficiently. The IEEE 802.11 Standard and enhanced amendments have defined fourteen transmission rates: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 24, 33, 36, 48, and 54 Mb/s, for mobile nodes to transmit and receive data frames. According to the characteristic of modulation scheme, a higher level modulation scheme requires higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and thus the transmission distance (range) is proportionally decreased by increasing the transmission rate. According to this property, the wireless ad hoc network will be formed as a new type of network named multi-rate/multi-range wireless network (M2WN). This paper presents the design and initial evaluation of the multi-rate/multirange multi...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: VTC
• Authors: Jenhui Chen, Jhenjhong Guo, Chih-Chieh Wang
• Keywords: Ad Hoc, Ad Hoc Network, Transmission Rates, VTC 2006