Location independent compact routing for wireless networks

Abstract

While reactive routing protocols such as AODV operate efficiently for small ad hoc wireless networks, their O(N) perflow control overhead limits deployment on larger-scale networks. Deployment of compact routing protocols such as geographic routing have met with challenges. In this paper, we present Table Attenuation Routing Protocol (TARP), a protocol that combines compact per-node routing state with scalability to large networks. Preliminary evaluation shows that TARP performs similar to AODV in smaller networks and better in larger networks.