Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Broadcast Protocols Competitive
nBroadcast protocols work well. BCAST and
FLOOD are almost always
as good as or better than other protocols, though sometimes impose higher packet latency.
nProtocol overhead lower/competitive with best
multicast protocol
nFor a single multicast sender, FLOOD is the
obvious choice, for increasing
number of multicast senders BCAST has the edge over FLOOD
nADMR performs very well in the presence of
many multicast senders, (is optimal choice in two scenarios under low mobility),
with BCAST being
runner-up. All other protocols perform poorly in these scenarios.
nThe choice of an optimal multicasting
solution is largely independent of the mobility rate.