Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Research Article

Multicriteria Based Next Forwarder Selection for Data Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Analytical Network Process

Table 1

Qualitative comparison of data dissemination protocols.
Protocol Forwarding strategiesObjectiveScenario
Location/ position-basedDistance-basedNetwork/ local topology-basedDensity- basedStore-carry- forward (buffering)Delay/ timer-basedDirection-basedBroadcast storm problemNetwork partition problemNet. fragmentation, energy, and so onHighwayCity/urban
AID [13] √     √   √
BROADCOMM [17]√√√    √  √ 
DBRS [14]√√     √   √
DRIFT [11] √  √√√√√ √ 
DV-CAST [8]√ √ √  √√√√ 
IF [18] √ √   √ √√ 
MobiCast [9]√√   √ √ √√ 
MobiCast-C-F [10]√√  √√ √√√√ 
Slotted 1-persistence, Slotted p-persistence, Weighted p-persistence [12] √   √ √  √ 
SRD [19]√√√ √ √√√√√ 
Proposed method√√  √ √√√√√