Latency Reduction in Probabilistic Broadcast Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks

Author(s)

Forero, Felipe ^{[1, 2]} ; Pena, Nestor M. ^[3] ; da Fonseca, Nelson L. S. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Comp, BR-13083852 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Los Andes, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Bogota 111711 - Colombia

^[3] Univ Los Andes, Sch Engn, Bogota 111711 - Colombia

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS; v. 8, n. 4, p. 1268-1271, AUG 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

This letter introduces a strategy to reduce broadcast latency in multi-hop ad-hoc networks; this overall reduction is the result of the accumulation of a series of per-node delay reductions. Current broadcasting protocols employ uniformly distributed random delays on a per-node basis, while the proposed strategy consists of using a truncated-exponential distribution to determine these delays. Such an approach can reduce latency significantly while maintaining broadcasting reachability, yet it entails minimal additional overhead in relation to existing protocols. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/24494-8 - Communications and processing of big data in cloud and fog computing
• Grantee: Nelson Luis Saldanha da Fonseca
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants