ABSTRACT

The wireless network called mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is characterized by a lack of fixed routing facilities (e.g. wired networks and access points), with connectivity and routing being instead established through inter-node coordination. Furthermore, in a MANET, many control packets are redundantly transmitted due to signaling and data broadcasting. This study proposes the application of a dominating set and adaptive partial dominating (APDP) approach to current routing protocols like adhoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) as a solution to this issue. The creation of new packets through the merging of packets obtained on their incoming margins can be achieved by intermediate network nodes through the novel paradigm of network coding. The present study undertakes an assessment of AODV dominating set performance through the application of DS and APDP based on network coding to AODV, with the overall aim of improving broadcasting, end-to-end delay, network load, and packet latency, as well as ensuring the security of packet transmission.