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Table 5 Summary of parameters in proposed Endcast scheme

From: Endcast: mobile stateless data delivery in MANETs

Parameter

Description

Chalone wait

Time for a data message to wait in buffer for neighbor information

Chalone threshold

Threshold for the number of copies of the same message (data or inhibitor) to receive for taking the rebroadcast decision

Inhibitor wait

Time for an inhibitor message to wait in buffer for neighbor information

Message ID

Source address, destination address and sequence number

Message log

Fields: timestamp, message ID, data state, inhibitor state, neighbor count, inhibitor count

Data and inhibitor buffers

Temporary store of messages until a rebroadcast decision is made