Cluster-based OLSR extensions to reduce control overhead in mobile ad hoc networks

Proactive routing protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) traditionally fail to scale up to large networks, since they generate a big amount of routing overhead. Based on OLSR, a proactive solution specifically designed for dense ad hoc networks, we develop a low overhead protocol called Clustered OLSR (C-OLSR). C-OLSR assumes that somehow the network is partitioned into clusters, and restricts the propagation of topology control messages inside every cluster. The generation and forwarding of inter-cluster topology information is based on the use of Multipoint Relays (MPRs) at the level of clusters. Through a simulation study, we show that C-OLSR outperforms OLSR both in terms of overhead generation and achievable throughput.

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