Supporting multicasting in mobile ad-hoc wireless networks: Issues, challenges, and current protocols

Papavassiliou, S; An, B

dc.contributor.author	Papavassiliou, S	en
dc.contributor.author	An, B	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:45:48Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:45:48Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	15308669	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/37626
dc.subject	Mobile ad-hoc networks	en
dc.subject	Mobility	en
dc.subject	Multicasting protocols	en
dc.subject	Wireless networks	en
dc.title	Supporting multicasting in mobile ad-hoc wireless networks: Issues, challenges, and current protocols	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/wcm.26	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcm.26	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	The basic philosophy of personal communication services is to provide user-to-user, location independent communication services. The emerging group communication wireless applications, such as multipoint data dissemination and multiparty conferencing tools have made the design and development of efficient multicast techniques in mobile ad-hoc networking environments a necessity and not just a desire. Multicast protocols in mobile ad-hoc networks have been an area of active research for the past couple of years. This paper summarizes the activities and recent advances in this work-in-progress area by identifying the main issues and challenges that multicast protocols are facing in mobile ad-hoc networking environments, and by surveying several existing multicasting protocols. This article presents a classification of the current multicast protocols, discusses the functionality of the individual existing protocols, and provides a qualitative comparison of their characteristics according to several distinct features and performance parameters. Furthermore, since many of the additional issues and constraints associated with the mobile ad-hoc networks are due, to a large extent, to the attribute of user mobility, we also present an overview of research and development efforts in the area of group mobility modeling in mobile ad-hoc networks. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/wcm.26	en
dc.identifier.volume	2	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	115	en
dc.identifier.epage	130	en