A Distributed Multicast Protocol with Location-Aware for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

摘要

Mobile ad-hoc networks mean a group of mobile devices which communicate to each other without infrastructure assistant in wireless networks. Since the nodes are mobile, the network topology may change rapidly and unpredictably; therefore, broadcast storm problem becomes a critical issue for stable and energy-saving routings. We propose a Location-based Distributed Clustering Algorithm (LDCA), which utilizes the advantages of region partition with clustering multicast method. LDCA separates several partitions in area and searches the cluster header for each partition which utilizes the routing protocol of mobile devices and transports packets by each cluster header.