Position and Velocity Aided Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Routing protocol is a pivotal issue in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). Several routing protocols have been proposed to deal with the routing issue in MANETs. However, routing turns to be a tough and complex task if all nodes in the network are at a relatively high speed. In this paper, we propose Position and Velocity Aided Routing protocol (PVAR) to resolve the problem. PVAR is designed for MANETs within which all nodes are at a relatively high velocity and aware of position and velocity information of all other nodes as well as itself. By using the information, we change the criterion of selecting a node's neighborhoods and route request procedure. The result shows that with a middle level of traffic flow, our proposed PVAR has a good performance on packets delivery ratio. Routing packets overhead also reduced.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: JDCTA
• Authors: Taifei Zhao, Xizheng Ke, Peilin Yang
• Keywords: JDCTA 2010, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Routing, Several Routing Protocols