On the Reduction of Broadcast Traffic in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces a cross-layer broadcast scheme for mobile ad hoc networks that reduces broadcast traffic and congestion by leveraging RSSI values, leading to lower power consumption and improved network efficiency.

Contribution

A novel cross-layer broadcast scheme utilizing RSSI to minimize broadcast traffic in mobile ad hoc networks, verified through simulation results.

Findings

Significant reduction in broadcast packets

Decreased network congestion and collisions

Lower power consumption in network nodes

Abstract

Many mobile ad hoc network protocols use simple flooding, in order to adapt to changes in time varying network topology. Most of the times, a network-wide flood results in redundant packets and increases network congestion, probability of packet collision, low utilization of available bandwidth, and most important, higher power consumption. In this paper, we propose a new cross-layer broadcast scheme to minimize broadcast traffic in mobile ad hoc networks. Our scheme is based on use of received signal strength indicator, RSSI, value to reduce the number of broadcast packets. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is verified using simulations.