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

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

Addresses: 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

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.

Keywords: DSR protocol; MANETs; mobile ad hoc networks; media streaming; MPDSR family; multi-path routing protocols; mobile networks; dynamic source routing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2012.047258

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2012 Vol.10 No.1, pp.22 - 38

Received: 30 Mar 2010
Accepted: 21 Oct 2010
Published online: 15 Jun 2012 *

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