Abstract
The mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is nothing but the wireless connection of mobile nodes which provides the communication and mobility among wireless nodes without the need of any physical infrastructure or centralized devices such as access point or base station. The communication in MANET is done by routing protocols. There are different categories of routing protocols introduced with different goals and objectives for MANETs such as proactive routing protocols (e.g. DSDV), reactive routing protocols (e.g. ADOV), geographic routing protocols (e.g. GRP), hybrid routing protocols etc. There are two important research problems with such routing protocols to address such as efficient load balancing and energy efficiency. In this paper, we are focusing on evaluation and analysis of efficient load balancing protocol design for MANET. Inefficient load balancing technique results in increasing routing overhead, poor packet delivery ratio, and other Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. In literature, there are a number of different methods proposed for improving the performance of routing protocols by efficient load balancing among mobile nodes communication. However, most of the methods suffer from various limitations. In this paper, we propose a novel technique for improved the QoS performance of load balancing approach as well as increasing the network lifetime. Evaluation of Network lifetime is out of scope of this paper.
Highlights
The term mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is defined as the wireless autonomous network in which nodes get connected by wireless links without using any physical infrastructure
Each node in MANET acts as both data sender or receiver and data forwarder in particular direction selected by routing protocol
MANET network is nothing but a group of radio devices in which wireless communication is executed without any fixed physical foundation
Summary
The term MANET (mobile ad hoc network) is defined as the wireless autonomous network in which nodes get connected by wireless links without using any physical infrastructure. Each node in MANET acts as both data sender or receiver and data forwarder in particular direction selected by routing protocol. All mobile nodes in network move randomly within a specific network area. Battlefield is one of the main area where MANET is widely used. For intercommunication purpose, such kind of networks do not need any extra support in the form of base stations or access points. MANET network is nothing but a group of radio devices in which wireless communication is executed without any fixed physical foundation.
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