Comparision of Proactive and Reactive Multicasting Routing Protocols in the Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless mesh network is one of the most promising technologies in near future. WMN comes under the category of mobile ad-hoc networks to communicate with the internet through a single gateway or more than one gate way. It provides self-configuring, self-healing, and self-organized wires networks. In order to provide a multi-point communication within the wireless mesh networks, a multicast routing protocol is required. Multicast routing is a key technology for modern communication networks. Multicast Routing becomes a prominent technology for wireless communication networks various multicast routing protocols are developed for internet and ad-hoc communications this paper gives the overview of some of the existing proactive, reactive and hybrid multicast routing protocols over WMNs with its strengths and weaknesses. The following multicast routing protocols are selected for their performance comparison; they are On Demand Multicast Routing Protocol(ODMRP), Multicast Ad hoc On Demand distance Vector (MAODV) Protocol, Multicast Open Shortest Path First (MOSPF), Ad hoc Multicasting Routing Protocol(AM Route) Among them, MOSPF and AM Route is a proactive routing protocol. Citation: A. Ramakrishna, MLRITM; Dr. K. Subba Rao ,BVRIT-Narsapur. "Comparision of Proactive and Reactive Multicasting Routing Protocols in the Wireless Mesh Networks." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering 36 2018: 52 - 57.