A Novel Approach of Broadcasting in AODV Routing Protocol of
MANETs Source: Serials Publiations A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork
(MANET) is a special type of wireless mobile network which forms
a temporary network without the aid of an established
infrastructure or a centralized administration. Each node in
MANET is a router. If a source node is unable to send a message
directly to its destination node due to limited transmission
range, the source node uses intermediate nodes to forward the
message towards the destination node. Broadcasting is important
in MANET for routing information discovery, for instance,
protocols such as Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), Ad hoc On Demand
distance Vector (AODV), and location aided routing use
broadcasting to establish routes.