Direction-based clustering for efficient multicasting in wireless Ad-hoc networks

Jihoon Son, Yong Hyun Cho, Yon Dohn Chung, Ki Yong Lee

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Abstract

A wireless ad-hoc network is a dynamically reconfigurable network without any fixed infrastructure or centralized administration. Due to the limited radio propagation range of wireless devices, communication between them in a wireless ad-hoc network is often achieved by multi-hop routing. In wireless ad-hoc networks, many applications use multicasting for the efficient dissemination of queries or data. Since a large number of multicast packets may decrease the stability of the network, it is important to reduce the number of packets required for multicasting. In this paper, we propose an efficient multicast algorithm for wireless ad-hoc networks that can reduce the number of multicast packets effectively. The proposed method clusters the multicast receivers hierarchically based on their directions from the multicast sender. Then, the hierarchically organized cluster is used for multicasting path. Through simulation experiments, we evaluate the performance of the proposed method in comparison with conventional multicasting methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobiDE 2008 - Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access
Pages55-62
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event7th ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access, MobiDE 2008 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 2008 Jun 132008 Jun 13

Publication series

NameMobiDE 2008 - Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access

Other

Other7th ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access, MobiDE 2008
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period08/6/1308/6/13

Keywords

  • Clustering
  • Direction
  • Multicast
  • Wireless ad-hoc networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Software

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