1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare

Research Article

Efficient Cooperative Caching in Ad Hoc Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665190,
        author={Narottam  Chand and R.C.  Joshi  and Manoj  Misra},
        title={Efficient Cooperative Caching in Ad Hoc Networks},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2006},
        month={8},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665190}
    }
    
  • Narottam Chand
    R.C. Joshi
    Manoj Misra
    Year: 2006
    Efficient Cooperative Caching in Ad Hoc Networks
    COMSWARE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665190
Narottam Chand1,2,*, R.C. Joshi 1,2,*, Manoj Misra1,2,*
  • 1: Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering
  • 2: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – 247 667 India
*Contact email: narotdec@iitr.ernet.in, joshifcc@iitr.ernet.in, manjofec@iitr.ernet.in

Abstract

Caching of frequently accessed data in multi-hop ad hoc environment is a potential technique that can improve the data access performance and availability. Cooperative caching, which allows the sharing and coordination of cached data among clients, can further explore the potential of the caching techniques. In this paper, we propose a novel scheme, called zone cooperative (ZC) for caching in mobile ad hoc networks. In ZC scheme, one-hop neighbors of a mobile client form a cooperative cache zone since the cost for communication with them is low both in terms of energy consumption and message exchange. As a part of cache management, cache admission control and VALUE based replacement policy are developed to improve the data accessibility and reduce the local cache miss ratio. An analytical study of ZC based on data popularity, node density and transmission range is also performed. Simulation experiments show that the ZC caching mechanism achieves significant improvements in cache hit ratio and average query latency in comparison with other caching strategies