Studies in cachebased routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks using information systems

Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes thatcan dynamically form a network Each node in an ad hoc network is responsible newlinefor routing information among them and hence acts as a node as well as a router newlineRouting of data is one of the major issues in mobile ad hoc networks RoughSet Theory is a mathematical tool that deals with vagueness and uncertainty newlineThe work presented in this thesis studies routing in cachebased adhoc routing protocols based on the information systems of Rough Set Theory newlineThe direct use of information systems in mobile ad hoc routing isfirst studied Information tables are incorporated in mobile nodes and are used newlineto assist routing of data packets in mobile ad hoc networks newline newline