Cross-Layer Discovery and Routing in Reconfigurable Wireless Networks

This work addresses the need for application-aware adaptive communication in mobile ad hoc networks that creates network routes based on applications' dynamic resource requests. We introduce an intuitive generalization to source routing which facilitates discovery of a resource in a mobile ad hoc network and the creation and maintenance of a route from the requesting host to the discovered destination. We thus eliminate the requirement that existing routing protocols be coupled with a name or resource resolution protocol, instead favoring an entirely reactive approach to accommodate significant degrees of mobility and uncertainty. We also present a performance evaluation and a comparison to existing alternatives