Appropriate routing protocols for heterogeneous mobile Ad Hoc networks (HMANETs): a survey

Authors

  • M. Kuchaki Rafsanjani Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
  • B. Shafaie Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Keywords:

Routing protocols, HMANETs, Scalability, Cluster, Flat structure and hierarchical structure

Abstract

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) consist of some independent systems that can communicate with each other in a wireless manner. Most routing protocols are appropriate for homogeneous mobile ad hoc networks and in heterogeneous networks (HMANET), they lose their efficiency. Homogenous mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) are nodes in networks that have the same resources and abilities which are the opposite of real MANETs because in real MANET each node is independent and has its own resources and abilities like bit rates, battery life, radio range, bandwidth, extra. In this paper, we introduced some routing protocols that proved to be appropriate for HMANETs.

Author Biographies

M. Kuchaki Rafsanjani, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Department of Computer Science

B. Shafaie, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Department of Computer, Science and Research Branch 

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Published

2014-06-10

Issue

Vol. 7(56) No. 1 (2014)

Section

INFORMATICS