Second IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computer Systems and Applications
Geocasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Location-Based Multicast Algorithms
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 25-February 26
ISBN: 0-7695-0025-0
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.
Index Terms:
Geocasting, Location Information, Multicast, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Citation:
Young-Bae Ko, Nitin H. Vaidya, "Geocasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Location-Based Multicast Algorithms," wmcsa, pp.101, Second IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computer Systems and Applications, 1999