Improve the Performance of Routing Using Cross Layer Design Approach in Manets

Nowadays, the cross-layer design approach is an important concept in mobile ad-hoc networks which is adopted to solve various open issues. It proposed to overcome MANET performance problems by allowing protocols belonging to different layers to cooperate and share network status information while still maintaining different layers. Indeed, the mechanisms about how to access the radio channel are extremely important in order to guarantee “bandwidth� and improve network performance. In this work, we want to present a cross layer routing protocol which is based on the cooperation between the routing/network layer and MAC/Data link layer. This proposal aims to find the best path according to application requirements in terms of delay, bandwidth, route stability, etc. The routing information about bandwidth, channel capacity, received power and distance to reach its destination could be exploited by the MAC layer. We are planning to use NS2 for the implementation of the said problem.