OLSR Clustering Algorithm Based on Nodes Mobility
Mohamed Dyabi, Meryem Saadoune, Abdelmajid Hajami, Hakim Allali · International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS) · 2015
A Mobile Ad-hoc network (MANET) is formed when group of mobile wireless nodes collaborate between them to communicate through wireless links in the absence of the fixed infrastructure and any centralized control. Clustering is the most popular method developed to provide hierarchy and resource management over mobile ad hoc networks. In the literature, several clustering approaches were proposed. They generally differ on the cluster head selection criteria. In this work we present a novel mobility metric for mobile ad hoc networks which is subsequently used as a basis for cluster formation. Our algorithm gives major improvements regarding the number and the mobility value of elected cluster heads. Analysis and simulation results are used to show the performance of our algorithm compared with other clustering algorithms in literature.