2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Sociological orbit aware location approximation and routing in MANET

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589669,
        author={Joy Ghosh and Sumesh J. Philip and Chunming Qiao},
        title={Sociological orbit aware location approximation and routing in MANET},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589669}
    }
    
  • Joy Ghosh
    Sumesh J. Philip
    Chunming Qiao
    Year: 2006
    Sociological orbit aware location approximation and routing in MANET
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589669
Joy Ghosh1,*, Sumesh J. Philip1,*, Chunming Qiao1,*
  • 1: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 201 Bell Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
*Contact email: joyghosh@cse.buffalo.edu, sumeshjp@cse.buffalo.edu, qiaog@cse.buffalo.edu

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a novel concept of integrating ''macro-mobility" information obtained from the sociological movement pattern of mobile MANET users into routing. The extraction of this mobility information is based on our observation that the movement of a mobile user exhibits a partially repetitive "orbital" pattern involving a set of "hubs" in practice. This partially deterministic movement pattern is both practical and useful in locating nodes and routing packets to them without the need for constant tracking or flooding. Leveraging on this hub-based orbital pattern, we propose a sociological orbit aware location approximation and routing (SOLAR) protocol. Through extensive performance analysis we show that SOLAR significantly outperforms conventional routing protocols like dynamic source routing (DSR) and location aided routing (LAR) in terms of higher data throughput, lower control overhead, and lower end-to-end delay.