Development of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

In this book the focus is on the analysis and design of efficient adaptive and scalable routing protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Next section presents the objective of the work performed in the context of this book. The main objective of this book is to develop routing protocols which are appropriate for challenging environment of mobile ad-hoc networks. Given the inherent characteristics of these networks the solutions must be adaptable to dynamic topologies efficient with the bandwidth usage scalable and energy efficient when various network parameters are concerned. Moreover the focus is also on realistic approaches having relevance in real-life deployments. This means that the protocols should not be designed merely based on generic assumptions which could lead to incorrect conclusions. Network Simulator (ns2.34) is the tools which are used to determine that the developed algorithms are implementable in real networks. For validation in ad hoc networks a specific scenario should also be mentioned for which the routing protocol has been designed. Meeting of these objectives includes providing the perception of the realities of ad-hoc networking. In addition the proposed solutions should be compared against corresponding solutions found in the literature. New solutions must offer better performance with respect to others to be able to contribute something to the research community. To summarize the main goal of this book is to improve the knowledge in ad-hoc networking by providing solutions which can help in developing new features for MANETs. This book will give the details of the methodology employed to achieve the goals