Table 2 Summarizes the messages used for formation as well as maintenance of the clusters
From: A new approach to geographic routing for location aided cluster based MANETs
Message | Description |
|---|---|
HELLO | Contains broadcaster's ID, location information, node status, neighbour table, cluster adjacency table and sender's node value |
INFO | Contains node value |
CH_INFO | Contains cluster head ID and cluster neighbour table |
CH_ACK | The new node's HELLO message is acknowledged by cluster head (CH) |
JOIN | A new node joins as member in the cluster after cluster head (CH) is activated by sending JOIN message |
CH_NEWNODE | The new node's JOIN is acknowledged by cluster head. |
CH_NACK | The new node's HELLO is rejected by cluster head |
CH_RELIEVE | Notifies the members about its intention to resign as cluster head |
CH_RACK | Present cluster head relieves finally after broadcasting new cluster head ID |