Position-Based Unicast Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using the Concept of Blacklisting

Routing is the backbone of any computer network and mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are no exception to this rule. Position-based routing protocols are special kind of routing protocol that uses position information to route packet from source to destination. These protocols are considered as the most scalable solution, as they do not cause flooding in the whole network. Although performance of these protocols is better than most of their competitors but their recovery procedures create some burden on the network. After taking inspirations from different design principles adapted by the community, we have proposed a new simple position-based routing protocol using the concept of blacklisting. The goal of our protocol is reduce the load involved in recovery procedure and make it relatively simpler. Results of simulation show that our proposed protocol performs much better than its competitors.