Hybrid Cross-Layer Routing Protocol for MANETs

摘要

A Hybrid Cross-Layer Routing (HCLR) protocol designed and implemented based on the premise of being able to leverage a pair of proactive and reactive routing schemes in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) which is used to compensate against wireless link effects thereby allowing for making more intelligent routing decisions. Compared to standalone proactive or reactive routing protocols, HCLR provides a two-tier improvement logic by performing local on-demand search in an n-hop neighborhood utilizing a 2-tuple cross-layer routing metric. HCLR is implemented in a Linux Quagga suite and its performance improvements compared to OSPF MANET Designated Routing (MDR) through emulation studies is demonstrated.