Using Location Information to Improve Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
Young Ko, Vaidya Nitin · 1997
In ad hoc network environments, any techniques to reduce high routing-related overhead are worth investigating. This brief note explains how to exploit location information to improve ad hoc routing. We also suggest some optimization approaches that can improve the performance of the protocol. Research reported is supported in part by Texas Advanced Technology Program 009741-052-C. 1 Introduction Many protocols for routing have been proposed for mobile wireless networks (also known as ad hoc or mobile mesh networks) [5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18]. As the hosts in such a network are mobile, an inherent drawback of these protocols (more precisely, drawback of the network) is that routing-related overhead tends to be high. Therefore, any techniques to reduce this overhead are worth investigating. In this brief note, we consider how to exploit location information to improve ad hoc routing. 2 Motivation and Related Works Location information is important in mobile computing enviro...