Reliable on-demand multicast routing with congestion control in wireless ad hoc networks
Ken Tang, Mário Gerla · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2001
In this paper, we address the congestion control multicast routing problem in wireless ad hoc networks through the medium access control (MAC) layer. We first introduce the Broadcast Medium Window (BMW) MAC protocol, which provides reliable delivery to broadcast packets at the MAC layer. We then extend the wireless On-Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP) to facilitate congestion control in ad hoc networks using BMW. Through simulation, we show that ODMRP with congestion control adapts well to multicast sources that are aggressive in data transmissions.