摘要
Broadcastisanimportantoperationinmanynetworkprotocols.Itisutilizedtodiscoverroutestounknownnodesinmobileadhocnetworks(MANETs)andisthekeyfactorinscalingon-demandroutingprotocolstolargenetworks.ThispaperpresentstheAdHocBroadcastProtocol(AHBP)anditsperformanceisdiscussed.Intheprotocol,messagesareonlyrebroadcastbybroadcastrelaygatewaysthatconstituteaconnecteddominatingsetofthenetwork.AHBPcanefficientlyreducetheredundantmessageswhichmakeflooding-likeprotocolsperformbadlyinlargedensenetworks.Simulationsareconductedtodeterminetheperformancecharacteristicsoftheprotocol.ThesimulationresultshaveshownexcellentreductionofbroadcastredundancywithAHBP.Italsocontributestoareducedlevelofbroadcastcollisionandcongestion.
出版日期
2001年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)