Many network level services such as routing, auto-addressing and, security have been proposed for ad hoc networks. Each has characteristics that may cause it to outperform similar ...
: In this paper, we propose a group-based location service (GrLS) for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The novelty of GrLS is in its exploitation of group mobility to improve the p...
This paper addresses the problem of geocasting in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environments. Geocasting is a variant of the conventional multicasting problem. For multicasting, c...
We present a specification for a new, localized group membership service that maintains the membership status of adjacent nodes – called neighbors – in a mobile distributed s...
The design of ad hoc mobile applications often requires the availability of a consistent view of the application state among the participating hosts. Such views are important beca...