Ensuring Cache Freshness in On-Demand Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Network: A Cross-layer Framework
Year: 2007
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: One of the big challenges in ad hoc network design is packet routing. Studies have shown that on-demand routing protocols perform better than table-driven routing protocols. In order to avoid route discovery for each packet, on-demand routing protocols cache routes previously learnt. A node in ad hoc network learns routing information by overhearing or forwarding packets to other nodes and keep learned routes in its route cache. However, node movement results broken links and therefore increases risk of cache pollution. Ensuring cache freshness in on-demand routing protocols, therefore, presents a serious challenge. A lot of research has been done in route cache organization, however, little effort has been done for route cache timeout policy to prevent stale routes from being used. In this paper we propose a new cross-layer framework to improve route cache performance in on-demand routing protocols. The proposed framework presents novel use of Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) information to choose cache timeout of individual links in route cache.
DOI: 10.1109/ccnc.2007.59
Author: Ashish Shukla
Language: English
Topic: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2155679772