A flexible family of multi-path routing protocols over a MANET

  • Authors:

  • Bijan Rahimzadeh Rofoee;Martin Fleury;Mohammed Ghanbari;Nadia N. Qadri

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK;University of Essex School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK;University of Essex School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK;COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Wah Campus, Pakistan

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This papers contribution is a family of multi-path routing protocols that emphasise different aspects of multi-path routing, though with a central theme of path reliability within a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET). Tests demonstrate that for all members of the family, the network performance (end-to-end delay and packet loss ratio) compares favorably to the single-path Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol at moderate to high speeds, though there is a trade-off against control packet overhead. Where the design effort differs from other multi-path protocol reviewed is that different aspects of the performance are emphasised in different members of the protocol family.