ZBMRP: a zone based multicast routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks

  • Authors:

  • Jieying Zhou;Simeng Wang;Jing Deng;Hongda Feng

  • Affiliations:

  • Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Information Science & technology, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China;Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Information Science & technology, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China;Dept. of Computer Science, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA;Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Information Science & technology, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

  • Venue:
  • MSN'05 Proceedings of the First international conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Multicast Routing Protocol termed ZBMRP (Zone Based Multicast Routing Protocol) for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). ZBMRP applies on-demand procedures to dynamically establish mesh-based multicast routing zones along the path from the multicast source node to the multicast receivers. Control packet flooding is employed inside multicast zones, thus multicast overhead is vastly reduced, and good scalability can be achieved. It will also be easier to secure multicast routing. ZBMRP fits well for MANETs where bandwidth is limited, topology changes frequently, power is constrained and security problem is serious. Simulation results are presented to support our claim.