An Exploration of Wireless Broadcasting and Routing in a First Responder Scenario

Ad hoc wireless networks are growing in popularity and usefulness, however they rely on broadcasting as a fundamental process for routing. Improvements to broadcasting have made ad hoc networks more feasible, but sometimes benefit only specific situations. A history and comparison of broadcasting implementations will be explored, as well as how they relate to some key ad hoc on-demand routing protocols for implementation in a defined first responder scenario. After an exploration and comparison of existing methods, the benefits of specific broadcasting and routing advances will be combined to propose a novel ad hoc routing protocol. The proposed protocol will be an area for future research.