HRAN: Heat routing protocol for Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

In this paper we propose a new routing protocol for large scale Mobile Adhoc Networks, named HRAN. The protocol supports large networks, requires few resources from devices and lowers the control message overhead associated with discovering new routes. It works by simulating the paradigm of heat trails in a physical environment through the use of bloom filters. In our protocol each node emits a certain quantity of heat and as the node moves a heat trail is formed. After a node leaves a location the heat from surrounding nodes slowly dissipates. This heat information is then used to guide routing queries from the source to the destination.