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Geocasting in mobile ad hoc networks: Location-based multicast algorithms


Author(s) : Nitin H. Vaidya Young-bae Ko, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 1999
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : This paper addresses the problem of geocasting in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environments. Geocasting is a variant of the conventional multicasting problem. For multicasting, conventional protocols define a multicast group as a collection of hosts which register to a multicast group address. However, for geocasting, the group consists of the set of all nodes within a specified geographical region. Hosts within the specified region at a given time form the geocast group at that time. We present two different algorithms for delivering packets to such a group, and present simulation results. 1,