Multicast Scaling Properties in Massively Dense Ad Hoc Networks

We study the benefits of multicast routing in the performance of mobile ad hoc networks. In particular we show that if a node wishes to communicate with n distinct destinations, multicast can reduce the overall network load by a factor O (radicn), when used instead of unicast. One of the implication...

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Published in11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'05) Vol. 2; pp. 93 - 99
Main Authors Jacquet, P., Rodolakis, G.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Ad hoc networks
Communication system traffic control
Costs
Intelligent networks
Mobile ad hoc networks
Multicast communication
Multicast protocols
Network topology
Routing protocols
Unicast
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Summary:We study the benefits of multicast routing in the performance of mobile ad hoc networks. In particular we show that if a node wishes to communicate with n distinct destinations, multicast can reduce the overall network load by a factor O (radicn), when used instead of unicast. One of the implications of this scaling property consists in a significant increase of the total capacity of the network for data delivery. We discuss how these results can be taken into consideration in the operation of a multicast protocol using overlay multicast trees
ISBN:9780769522814
0769522815
ISSN:1521-9097
2690-5965
DOI:10.1109/ICPADS.2005.201