Research Article

A Group Based Key Sharing and Management Algorithm for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Table 7

Comparison of media mixing algorithms with existing broadcast approaches.

ProtocolsReliabilityPerformancePrivacyRelevancyRedundancy

Simple floodingVery highModerateVery lowVery lowVery high
Probabilistic schemeModerateModerateLowModerateModerate
Counter based schemeModerateModerateVery lowLowLow
Distance based approachModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate
Location based approachModerateModerateVery lowModerateModerate
Neighbor knowledge methodHighHighVery lowHighModerate
Tree based broadcastHighHighVery lowModerateLow
UMBHighHighVery lowLowModerate
MDDVHighHighVery lowVery lowLow
Relevance based approachModerateHighModerateHighLow
MHVBHighHighVery lowModerateLow
Adaptive broadcast protocolHighHighVery lowModerateHigh
Media mixing algorithm (proposed)HighHighHighHighVery low