A Dynamic Resource-Aware Routing Protocol in Resource-Constrained Opportunistic Networks

Aref Hassan, Kurd Ali and Halikul, bin Lenando and Slim, Chaoui and Mohamad, Alrfaay and Medhat A., Tawfeek (2021) A Dynamic Resource-Aware Routing Protocol in Resource-Constrained Opportunistic Networks. Computers, Materials & Continua, 70 (2). pp. 4147-4167. ISSN 1546-2226

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Abstract

Recently, Opportunistic Networks (OppNets) are considered to be one of the most attractive developments of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks that have arisen thanks to the development of intelligent devices. OppNets are characterized by a rough and dynamic topology as well as unpredictable contacts and contact times. Data is forwarded and stored in intermediate nodes until the next opportunity occurs. Therefore, achieving a high delivery ratio in OppNets is a challenging issue. It is imperative that any routing protocol use network resources, as far as they are available, in order to achieve higher network performance. In this article, we introduce the Resource-Aware Routing (ReAR) protocol which dynamically controls the buffer usage with the aim of balancing the load in resource-constrained, stateless and non-social OppNets. The ReAR protocol invokes our recently introduced mutual informationbased weighting approach to estimate the impact of the buffer size on the network performance and ultimately to regulate the buffer consumption in real time. The proposed routing protocol is proofed conceptually and simulated using the Opportunistic Network Environment simulator. Experiments show that the ReAR protocol outperforms a set of well-known routing protocols such as EBR, Epidemic MaxProp, energy-aware Spray and Wait and energy-aware PRoPHET in terms of message delivery ratio and overhead ratio.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Information, Communication and Creative Technology
Uncontrolled Keywords: Opportunistic networks; mobile ad hoc networks; routing protocols; resource-constrained networks; load balancing; buffer management
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Depositing User: Sanawi
Date Deposited: 09 Feb 2022 02:56
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2022 02:44
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37879

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