Cell-Based Broadcasting Algorithms in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

This paper proposes new cell-based broadcasting algorithms (CBB) for mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). It shows how communication methods originally designed for wired multiprocessor interconnection networks can be used in MANETs. CBB algorithms are based on a logical 2-dimensional grid view of the geographical region of the MANET. They make use of existing spanning trees in the 2- dimensional grid interconnection networks to support broadcasting in MANETs. In this study we developed a simulation model to measure the delivery ratio and the number of rebroadcast messages and compare the results with the well known probabilistic broadcasting algorithm