Mobility-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

This paper introduces a novel mobility-aware routing protocol (MARP) for mobile, cognitive ad-hoc networks. Traditional routing protocols trigger the routing updates after the nodes detect the route failure. Even if the link condition is getting worse which means the link is likely to break in the future, the nodes will still transmit the packets along the current path. MARP uses cognitive techniques to predict when the link is likely to break so that it can inform the previous hop to trigger the routing updates before the link breaks. In this way, the nodes are aware of the physical topology changes. Based on simulation results, MARP can increase overall performance of the network significantly.