The performance of blacklisting in ad hoc networks with unidirectional links

A potential application of ad hoc networks is their use by the military as tactical networks. Thus ad hoc networks will play an important role in future military networks. However, ad hoc networks are not without problems. One of these problems is that the routing protocols that have been designed for ad hoc networks assume bi directional links. This may not always be the case, and an ad hoc network may have uni directional links. This paper examines the performance of blacklisting, which is a routing protocol that has been designed for ad hoc networks with uni directional links. Computer simulation is used to ascertain the performance.