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Communications of the ACM
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An agent-based approach for building complex software systems
Communications of the ACM
A mobile agent-based active network architecture for intelligent network control
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Efficient Hybrid Multicast Routing Protocol for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks
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A Location-Based Routing Method for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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A QoS multicast routing protocol for dynamic group topology
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
AQoSM: scalable QoS multicast provisioning in Diff-Serv networks
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IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Resilient multicast using overlays
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Performance evaluation and simulations of routing protocols in ad hoc networks
Computer Communications
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Information Sciences: an International Journal
A degree-constrained QoS-aware routing algorithm for application layer multicast
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Hybrid routing in ad hoc networks with a dynamic virtual backbone
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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Computer Communications
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
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Information Sciences: an International Journal
Reliable ring based multicast routing scheme in MANET: an agent based approach
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Information Sciences: an International Journal
Neighbor supported reliable multipath multicast routing in MANETs
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Anonymous overlay network supporting authenticated routing
Information Sciences: an International Journal
fHA: A flexible and distributed Home Agent architecture for Mobile-IP based networks
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Information Sciences: an International Journal
ALiSR: Agent Based Link Stability Aware Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks
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On QoS multicast routing algorithms using k-minimum Steiner trees
Information Sciences: an International Journal
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Multicast routing in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) poses several challenges due to inherent characteristics of the network such as node mobility, reliability, scarce resources, etc. This paper proposes an Agent Based Multicast Routing Scheme (ABMRS) in MANETs, which uses a set of static and mobile agents. Five types of agents are used in the scheme: Route manager static agent, Network initiation mobile agent, Network management static agent, Multicast initiation mobile agent and Multicast management static agent. The scheme operates in the following steps: (1) to identify reliable nodes; (2) to connect reliable nodes through intermediate nodes; (3) to construct a backbone for multicasting using reliable nodes and intermediate nodes; (4) to join multicast group members to the backbone; (5) to perform backbone and group members management in case of mobility. The scheme has been simulated in various network scenarios to test operation effectiveness in terms of performance parameters such as packet delivery ratio, control overheads and group reliability. Also, a comparison of proposed scheme with MAODV (Multicast Ad hoc on-demand Distance Vector) protocol is presented. ABMRS performs better than MAODV as observed from the simulation. ABMRS offers flexible and adaptable multicast services and also supports component based software development.