Abstract:
A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is consisting of a
collection of wireless mobile nodes, which form a temporary
network without relying on any existing infrastructure or
centralized administration. Since the bandwidth of MANETs is
limited and shared between the participating nodes in the
network, it is important to efficiently utilize the network
bandwidth. Multicasting can minimize the link bandwidth
consumption and reduce the communication cost by sending the
same data to multiple participants. Multicast service is critical for
applications that need collaboration of team of users.
Multicasting in MANETs becomes a hot research area due to the
increasing popularity of group communication applications such
as video conferencing and interactive television. Recently,
multimedia and group-oriented computing gains more popularity
for users of ad hoc networks. So, effective Quality of Service
(QoS) multicasting protocol plays significant role in MANETs.
In this paper, we are presenting an overview of set of the most
recent QoS multicast routing protocols that have been proposed
in order to provide the researchers with a clear view of what has
been done in this field.
