Abstract
Many protocols for routing in mobile ad hoc networks have been proposed. None of these protocols differentiates mobile nodes based on their physical characteristics and also there is only one proposal for connecting ad hoc networks together to form larger networks, or integrating them with wired Internet. This thesis presents a network architecture in which the participating nodes form a hierarchy based on their physical attributes namely, their mobility and their access to wired networks and presents a routing protocol, TDROP, for such a network. TDROP combines the routing mechanisms of TORA and DSR, which are routing protocols for flat network architecture. TDROP is shown to produce lower routing overhead and better data delivery accuracy than TORA, when nodes are moving slowly. The performance of TDROP is also compared with DSR.
Ahmed, Zaheer (2000). TDROP: A routing protocol for physically hierarchical ad hoc mobile networks. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2000 -THESIS -A382.