Dissecting the routing architecture of self-organizing networks

The proper operation of self-organizing networks (SONs) relies on the autonomous behavior of their individual nodes. Routing in such networks has been a challenging task since their conception, due to their nontraditional characteristics and design requirements. Although a large amount of routing ar...

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Published in:IEEE wireless communications 2006-12, Vol.13 (6), p.98-104
Main Authors: de Amorim, M.D., Benbadis, F., Fdida, S., Sichitiu, M.L., Viniotis, Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access protocols
Ad hoc networks
Architecture
Computer networks
Computer Science
Design engineering
Floods
Guidelines
Intelligent networks
Networks
Routing (telecommunications)
Routing protocols
Scalability
Self-organizing networks
Strategy
Tasks
Wireless application protocol
Wireless communication
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Summary:The proper operation of self-organizing networks (SONs) relies on the autonomous behavior of their individual nodes. Routing in such networks has been a challenging task since their conception, due to their nontraditional characteristics and design requirements. Although a large amount of routing architectures and protocols for SONs has been proposed, very little work has been done on the fundamental characteristics that make a routing strategy efficient for a particular network and/or design requirement. Contrary to traditional techniques where the routing architecture is structured as a single unit, we suggest in this article that routing be thought of as a combination of four main architectural components, namely, addressing, dissemination, discovery, and forwarding. This logical decomposition offers significant advantages from both the analysis and the design perspectives. We conclude from our observations that routing architectures should be scenario-driven, in the sense that the configuration parameters are not necessarily universally good for all application scenarios
ISSN:1536-1284
1558-0687
DOI:10.1109/MWC.2006.275204