Multi-path routing protocol considering inter-path interference in MANET environment

In an ad hoc network, an original routing protocol, which is different from those in wired networks, is used in general. Recently, a multi-path routing has been focused on, and many protocols have been proposed for the purpose of improvement in a packet delivery ratio or load balancing. As one of them, there is a multi-path routing protocol considering interference between constructed paths. This protocol can achieve higher throughput, however, it works under the assumption that every node grasps the position information of all the nodes in advance. Therefore, it cannot be applied to some dynamic network environments such as MANET. In this research, we propose a new multi-path routing protocol considering interference between constructed paths without assumption of grasping the position information in advance. Also we make efforts to improve the throughput by restricting the amount of control packets.