GPS/Ant-Like Routing in Ad Hoc Networks

Authors: Câmara D.¹; Loureiro A.A.F.²

Source: Telecommunication Systems, Volume 18, Numbers 1-3, 11 September 2001 , pp. 85-100(16)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is comprised of mobile hosts that can communicate with each other using wireless links. In this paper we present a novel routing algorithm called GPSAL (GPS/Ant-Like Routing Algorithm) which is based on GPS (Global Positioning System) and mobile software agents modeled on ants for routing in ad hoc networks. We compare our algorithm to the Location-Aided Routing (LAR) [20] algorithm for MANET which is also based on GPS. Simulation results show that our algorithm has less overhead than LAR.

Keywords: MANET; routing

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil danielc@dcc.ufmg.br 2: Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil loureiro@dcc.ufmg.br

Publication date: 2001-09-11