Position-based Broadcast Protocol for Ad hoc Network
Lin An · Jisuanji yingyong yanjiu · 2004
Ad hoc is one of the network with feasibly configurable topology. Broadcast is a common operation in it. The traditional way to implement broadcast is flooding which, however, often causes the broadcast storm problem. This paper proposes position-based broadcast algorithm which can overcome the problem. By selecting nodes which have to rebroadcast according to their positions, the algorithm can reduce the flooding overhead significantly, One typical case of how to select nodes is analyzed as well. The algorithm is simple, outperforms flooding, and can be deployed effectively in Ad Hoc network.