Open AccessReceiver-Based Ad Hoc On Demand Multipath Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz Al-Nahari,
Mohd Murtadha Mohamad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0156670
Subject(s) - computer network , computer science , optimized link state routing protocol , wireless routing protocol , wireless ad hoc network , multipath routing , link state routing protocol , ad hoc wireless distribution service , routing protocol , mobile ad hoc network , dynamic source routing , distance vector routing protocol , distributed computing , vehicular ad hoc network , network packet , wireless , telecommunications
Decreasing the route rediscovery time process in reactive routing protocols is challenging in mobile ad hoc networks. Links between nodes are continuously established and broken because of the characteristics of the network. Finding multiple routes to increase the reliability is also important but requires a fast update, especially in high traffic load and high mobility where paths can be broken as well. The sender node keeps re-establishing path discovery to find new paths, which makes for long time delay. In this paper we propose an improved multipath routing protocol, called Receiver-based ad hoc on demand multipath routing protocol (RB-AOMDV), which takes advantage of the reliability of the state of the art ad hoc on demand multipath distance vector (AOMDV) protocol with less re-established discovery time. The receiver node assumes the role of discovering paths when finding data packets that have not been received after a period of time. Simulation results show the delay and delivery ratio performances are improved compared with AOMDV.