A REVIEW OF CROSS LAYER DESIGN
M. D. Nikose · 2013
All the nodes in the mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) cooperatively maintain the network connectivity. Exploiting the dependencies and interactions between layers has been shown to increase performance in certain scenarios of wireless networking. Although layered architectures have served well for wired networks, they are not suitable for wireless networks. The wireless network has several advantages over the wired technologies like flexibility, mobility, cheaper and faster deployment, easier maintenance and upgrade procedures. These issues make way to cross-layer design (CLD). However, many technical issues still exist in this field; this paper presents a detailed investigation of CLD and challenges, potential issues involved with it and simulators. Also this article brief the readers an overview of cross-layer concept while discussing different cross-layer proposals given by researchers, with an objective to spark new research interests in this field.