Multi-path Multi-Channel Routing Protocol

Published

July 1, 2006

Author(s)

Bo Yan, Hamid Gharavi

Abstract

In this paper we present a DSR-based multi-path Routing protocol, which has been developed for transmission of Multiple Description Coded (MDC) packets in wireless ad-hoc network environments. The protocol is designed to eliminate co-channel interference between multiple routes from source to destination by assigning a different frequency band to each route. In the route discovery process we use three metrics to select the best multiple routes. These are hop count, power budget, and the number of joint nodes between the different routes. For continuous media communications we show that in order to effectively benefit from the advantages associated with multipath diversity routing, it is important to use a multi-channel protocol such as the one developed here.

Proceedings Title

IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA06)

Conference Location

Cambridge, MA, USA

Conference Title

IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA06)

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

CSMA/CA, ad-hoc networks, WLAN, multihop netwroks, MANET, multi-channel routing

Citation

Yan, B. and Gharavi, H. (2006), Multi-path Multi-Channel Routing Protocol, IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA06), Cambridge, MA, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50842 (Accessed October 9, 2025)