A Clustering Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

作者：Huang, Jinke^*; Fan, Xiaoguang; Xiang, Xin; Wan, Min; Zhuo, Zhenfu; Yang, Yongjian

来源：Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2016, 2016: 5395894.

DOI：10.1155/2016/5395894

The dynamic topology of a mobile ad hoc network poses a real challenge in the design of hierarchical routing protocol, which combines proactive with reactive routing protocols and takes advantages of both. And as an essential technique of hierarchical routing protocol, clustering of nodes provides an efficient method of establishing a hierarchical structure in mobile ad hoc networks. In this paper, we designed a novel clustering algorithm and a corresponding hierarchical routing protocol for large-scale mobile ad hoc networks. Each cluster is composed of a cluster head, several cluster gateway nodes, several cluster guest nodes, and other cluster members. The proposed routing protocol uses proactive protocol between nodes within individual clusters and reactive protocol between clusters. Simulation results show that the proposed clustering algorithm and hierarchical routing protocol provide superior performance with several advantages over existing clustering algorithm and routing protocol, respectively.

• 出版日期2016
• 单位中国人民解放军空军工程大学