Performance comparison of proactive and reactive multicast routing protocols over wireless mesh networks

Azad, Md. Saiful and Anwar, Farhat and Rahman, Md. Arafatur and Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha and Priantoro, Akhmad Unggul and Mohamed, Omer Mahmoud (2009) Performance comparison of proactive and reactive multicast routing protocols over wireless mesh networks. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security (IJCSNS), 9 (6). pp. 55-62. ISSN 1738-7906

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Abstract

Multicast routing is a key technology for modern communication networks. It sends a single copy of a message from a source to multiple receivers over a communication link that is shared by the paths to the receivers. This is especially appropriate in wireless environments where bandwidth is scarce and many users are sharing the same wireless channels. In particular, for WMNs, multicast can represent a huge enhancement of the network capacity by taking advantage of links which can be shared by multiple users to receive the same data, which is transmitted only once. To support multicasting, several multicast routing protocols are designed for Internet and Ad hoc networks. However, no specific multicast routing protocol is designed for WMNs. Therefore, the performance comparison of existing multicast routing protocols over wireless mesh networks is essential in order to analyze their behavior and effectiveness. This paper presents the simulation and analysis of the performance of existing proactive and reactive multicast routing protocols over WMNs. Three prominent multicast routing protocols are selected for performance comparison; they are On Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP), Multicast Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector (MAODV) Protocol and Multicast Open Shortest Path First (MOSPF). Among them, MOSPF is a proactive routing protocol while MAODV and ODMRP are reactive multicast routing protocols. MAODV fabricates and maintains a shared multicast tree for each multicast group and ODMRP is a mesh-based approach and uses a forwarding group concept. Our aim is to investigate the relative strength and weaknesses of each protocol.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3276/1121
Uncontrolled Keywords:	MAODV, MOSPF, Multicast Routing Protocol, ODMRP, Wireless Mesh Networks
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices > TK7885 Computer engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Ms Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2011 11:20
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2019 11:29
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/1121

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