A Clustering Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Jinke Huang, Xiaoguang Fan, Xin Xiang, Min Wan, Zhenfu Zhuo and Yongjian Yang

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2016, vol. 2016, 1-10

Abstract:

The dynamic topology of a mobile ad hoc network poses a real challenge in the design of hierarchical routing protocol, which combines proactive with reactive routing protocols and takes advantages of both. And as an essential technique of hierarchical routing protocol, clustering of nodes provides an efficient method of establishing a hierarchical structure in mobile ad hoc networks. In this paper, we designed a novel clustering algorithm and a corresponding hierarchical routing protocol for large-scale mobile ad hoc networks. Each cluster is composed of a cluster head, several cluster gateway nodes, several cluster guest nodes, and other cluster members. The proposed routing protocol uses proactive protocol between nodes within individual clusters and reactive protocol between clusters. Simulation results show that the proposed clustering algorithm and hierarchical routing protocol provide superior performance with several advantages over existing clustering algorithm and routing protocol, respectively.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1155/2016/5395894

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