隨意型無線網路的繞送協定可分為兩大類別。第一類為繞送表導向(Table-driven)繞送法,因其隨時需要傳送大量的繞送資訊,故較適合小範圍的網路。第二種方式為需求導向(On-Demand)繞送法,其作法為僅記錄需要的路徑來減少繞送資訊的大量傳送,但建立路徑時則容易產生氾濫(Flooding)的問題。本篇論文主要探討GPS之應用於隨意型無線網路繞送(Ad Hoc Routing),吾人將網路切割成大小相同灰白相間的區域,區域內部採用繞送表導向方式通訊,區域之間則經由灰色區域之閘道節點採需求導向的方式通訊。本方法將有效地減少在網路中傳播的控制封包數目,以提昇網路之效能。
The routing protocols for Ad Hoc wireless networks can be classified into two major categories. The first one is “Table-driven” routing protocol. Due to exchanging the routing information periodically, it is suitable for small scale’s networks. The second one is “On-demand” routing protocols. It has the advantage that only the needed information for routing is recorded. However, it may have the “Flooding problem”. In this paper, we proposed an efficient GPS aided routing protocol for Ad Hoc wireless networks. Through GPS, the network area is first partitioned into a finite numbers of non-overlapped equal-size square districts with gray and white ones interlaced each other. Next, a mobile host will be select as the gateway for each district. Then, the communication inside the district is using the Table-driven method and the communication between different districts is utilizing the On-demand protocol through the gateway hosts in gray districts. Our approach can be reduce the number of control packets quite well and promote the network efficiency.