Geocasting in mobile ad hoc networks: location-based multicast algorithms

1 January 1999

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 101-110
https://doi.org/10.1109/mcsa.1999.749282

Abstract

The paper addresses the problem of geocasting in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environments. Geocasting is a variant of the conventional multicasting problem. For multicasting, conventional protocols define a multicast group as a collection of hosts which register to a multicast group address. However for geocasting, the group consists of the set of all nodes within a specified geographical region. Hosts within the specified region at a given time form the geocast group at that time. We present two different algorithms for delivering packets to such a group, and present simulation results.

Keywords

INTELLIGENT NETWORKS
MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS
MULTICAST ALGORITHMS
ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS
COSTS
MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
REACTIVE POWER
PROTOCOLS
LIVER

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