An application level caching scheme implementation for MANETS using NS-2

In this paper, we describe the implementation of a caching scheme for ad hoc networks. In this scheme the mobile nodes implement a local cache. This feature allows to intercept the forwarding requests and serve the documents requested directly using their local cache. Using the information obtained by the documents forwarded the nodes can redirect the requests to other nodes that are known to have the document requested. This caching scheme has been implemented using the network simulator NS-2. This paper describes the architecture, implementation details and customization parameters.