A Survey of Message Diffusion Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Ahmad Al Hanbali; Mouhamad Ibrahim; Vilmos Simon; Endre Varga; Iacopo Carreras

3rd International ICST Workshop on Interdisciplinary Systems Approach in Performance Evaluation and Design of Computer & Communication Systems

Research Article

A Survey of Message Diffusion Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4510,
    author={Ahmad Al Hanbali and Mouhamad Ibrahim and Vilmos Simon and Endre Varga and Iacopo Carreras},
    title={A Survey of Message Diffusion Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Workshop on Interdisciplinary Systems Approach in Performance Evaluation and Design of Computer \& Communication Systems},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={INTER-PERF},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Mobile computing mobile ad-hoc networks opportunistic communications message delivery protocol survey},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4510}
}

Ahmad Al Hanbali
Mouhamad Ibrahim
Vilmos Simon
Endre Varga
Iacopo Carreras
Year: 2010
A Survey of Message Diffusion Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
INTER-PERF
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4510

Ahmad Al Hanbali¹^,*, Mouhamad Ibrahim²^,*, Vilmos Simon³^,*, Endre Varga³^,*, Iacopo Carreras⁴^,*

1: University of Twente, The Netherlands
2: INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
3: Dept. of Telecommunications, Budapest University, Hungary
4: CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy

*Contact email: hanbali@ewi.utwente.nl, mibrahim@sophia.inria.fr, svilmos@hit.bme.hu, vendre@hit.bme.hu, iacopo.carreras@create-net.org

Abstract

For the last twenty years, mobile communications have experienced an explosive growth. In particular, one area of mobile communication, the Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), has attracted significant attention due to its multiple applications and its challenging research problems. On the other hand, the nodes mobility in these networks has introduced new challenges for the routing protocols, especially when the mobility induces multiple disconnections in the network. In this survey, we present an overview of this issue and a detailed discussion of the major factors involved. In particular, we show how messages can be efficiently disseminated in different types of MANETs.

Keywords: Mobile computing mobile ad-hoc networks opportunistic communications message delivery protocol survey

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ACM
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4510