| Acknowledgements | 6 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| List of Figures | 10 |
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| List of Tables | 13 |
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| Author Biographies | 14 |
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| 1 Introduction | 16 |
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| 1.1 Subject of the Book | 18 |
| 1.2 Intended Audience | 18 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Book | 19 |
| 2 Wireless Multi-Hop Networks | 20 |
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| 2.1 Single-Hop Wireless Networks | 20 |
| 2.2 Multi-Hop Wireless Networks | 21 |
| 2.3 Types of Wireless Multi-Hop Networks | 22 |
| 2.4 The Wireless Medium | 26 |
| 2.5 Metrics for Multi-Hop Networks | 27 |
| 2.6 Network Model | 29 |
| 2.6.1 Protocol Stack | 29 |
| 2.6.2 Node Model | 30 |
| 2.7 Wireless Multi-Hop Network Specific Problems on the OSILayers | 30 |
| 3 Communication Protocols for Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks | 33 |
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| 3.1 Broadcasting | 33 |
| 3.1.1 Classification of Broadcasting Algorithms | 34 |
| 3.1.2 Probabilistic Broadcasting Algorithms | 35 |
| 3.1.2.1 Flooding | 35 |
| 3.1.2.2 Gossip | 35 |
| 3.1.2.3 p-Persistence | 35 |
| 3.1.2.4 Polynomial Broadcasting | 35 |
| 3.1.2.5 Irresponsible Forwarding | 36 |
| 3.2 Routing | 36 |
| 3.3 Application of Broadcasting in Multi-Hop Networks | 38 |
| 3.3.1 Information Dissemination | 38 |
| 3.3.2 Route Discovery | 38 |
| 4 Dissimilarity Metrics | 39 |
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| 4.1 Dissimilarity Metrics | 39 |
| 4.1.1 Properties of Dissimilarity Metrics | 41 |
| 4.2 Dissimilarity Metrics for Two Nodes | 41 |
| 4.2.1 Jaccard Coefficient and Dissimilarity | 41 |
| 4.2.2 Dice Coefficient and Dissimilarity | 42 |
| 4.2.3 Kulczynski Coefficient and Dissimilarity | 42 |
| 4.2.4 Folkes-Mallows Coefficient and Dissimilarity | 43 |
| 4.2.5 Sokal-Sneath Coefficient and Dissimilarity | 43 |
| 4.2.6 BNR Dissimilarity | 44 |
| 4.3 Dissimilarity Metrics in Networks | 44 |
| 4.3.1 Unit Disk Graph Model | 44 |
| 4.3.2 Probabilistic Connection Model | 46 |
| 4.4 Dissimilarity Metrics in VANETs | 48 |
| 4.4.1 Correlation Analysis of VANET Scenarios | 48 |
| 4.5 Dissimilarity Metrics in the DES-Testbed | 48 |
| 4.5.1 Correlation Analysis in the DES-Testbed | 50 |
| 5 Probabilistic Broadcasting Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 52 |
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| 5.1 Limits of Euclidean Distance-Based Probabilistic Broadcasting Algorithms | 52 |
| 5.2 Application of Dissimilarity Metrics to Probabilistic Broadcasting | 53 |
| 5.2.1 Dissimilarity-Persistence | 53 |
| 5.2.2 Dissimilarity-Polynomial | 53 |
| 5.2.3 Dissimilarity-Irresponsible Forwarding | 54 |
| 5.2.4 Silencing Mechanism Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 55 |
| 6 Probabilistic Broadcasting in VANETs | 57 |
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| 6.1 Probabilistic Algorithms Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 57 |
| 6.2 Simulation Results | 59 |
| 6.2.1 Simulation Environment | 59 |
| 6.2.2 p-Persistence Algorithm Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 60 |
| 6.2.3 Polynomial Algorithm Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 62 |
| 6.2.4 Irresponsible Algorithm Based on Dissimilarity | 62 |
| 6.2.5 Comparison with Other Broadcasting Algorithms | 62 |
| 6.3 Discussion of the Results | 63 |
| 7 Routing in VANETs | 64 |
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| 7.1 The Route Discovery Phase of AODV | 64 |
| 7.2 Route Discovery Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 65 |
| 7.3 Simulation Results | 66 |
| 7.3.1 Simulation Environment | 66 |
| 7.3.2 Route Discovery Based on p-Persistence | 68 |
| 7.3.3 Route Discovery Based on Polynomial | 69 |
| 7.3.4 Comparison with the Original AODV Route Discovery | 70 |
| 7.4 Discussion of the Results | 71 |
| 8 Dissimilarity-Based Protocols in the DES-Testbed | 73 |
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| 8.1 The DES-Testbed | 73 |
| 8.2 Experimental Probabilistic Broadcasting | 75 |
| 8.2.1 Communication Traffic | 75 |
| 8.2.2 Performance Evaluation Metrics | 76 |
| 8.2.3 Performance of Dissimilarity-Persistence | 77 |
| 8.2.4 Performance of Dissimilarity-Polynomial | 78 |
| 8.2.5 Performance of Irresponsible Forwarding Based on Dissimilarity Distance | 79 |
| 8.2.6 Silencing Based on Dissimilarity Metrics | 80 |
| 8.2.7 Comparison with Probabilistic Broadcasting | 81 |
| 8.2.7.1 Gossip 1 | 81 |
| 8.2.7.2 BNR | 82 |
| 8.2.7.3 p-Persistence Based on Euclidean Distance | 82 |
| 8.3 Discussion of the Results | 84 |
| 9 Conclusions and Future Directions | 85 |
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| References | 87 |