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Predicting Topology Propagation Messages in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: The Value of History

TitlePredicting Topology Propagation Messages in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: The Value of History
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsMillan, P, Aliagas, C, Molina, C, Meseguer, R, Ochoa, SF, Santos, RM
JournalSensors
Volume20
Pagination24
Date Published12/2020
ISSN1424-8220
AbstractThe mobile ad hoc communication in highly dynamic scenarios, like urban evacuations or search-and-rescue processes, plays a key role in coordinating the activities performed by the participants. Particularly, counting on message routing enhances the communication capability among these actors. Given the high dynamism of these networks and their low bandwidth, having mechanisms to predict the network topology offers several potential advantages; e.g., to reduce the number of topology propagation messages delivered through the network, the consumption of resources in the nodes and the amount of redundant retransmissions. Most strategies reported in the literature to perform these predictions are limited to support high mobility, consume a large amount of resources or require training. In order to contribute towards addressing that challenge, this paper presents a history-based predictor (HBP), which is a prediction strategy based on the assumption that some topological changes in these networks have happened before in the past, therefore, the predictor can take advantage of these patterns following a simple and low-cost approach. The article extends a previous proposal of the authors and evaluates its impact in highly mobile scenarios through the implementation of a real predictor for the optimized link state routing (OLSR) protocol. The use of this predictor, named OLSR-HBP, shows a reduction of 40–55% of topology propagation messages compared to the regular OLSR protocol. Moreover, the use of this predictor has a low cost in terms of CPU and memory consumption, and it can also be used with other routing protocols.
URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/1/24
DOI10.3390/s20010024