Multicasting techniques in mobile ad hoc networks

  • Authors:
  • Xiao Chen;Jie Wu

  • Affiliations:
  • Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas;Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

  • Venue:
  • The handbook of ad hoc wireless networks
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This chapter gives a general survey of multicast protocols in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). After giving a brief summary of two multicast protocols in wired networks--shortest path multicast tree protocol and core-based tree multicast protocol -- we point out limitations of these protocols when they are applied in the highly dynamic environment of MANETs. Four multicast protocols -- On-Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP), Multicast Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol (Multcast AODV), Forwarding Group Multicast Protocol (FGMP), and Core-Assisted Mesh Protocol -- are discussed in detail with a focus on how the limitations of multicast protocols in wired networks are overcome. A brief overview of other multicast protocols in MANETs is provided. The chapter ends with two important related issues: QoS multicast and reliable multicast in MANETs.