Self-stabilization versus robust self-stabilization for clustering in ad-hoc network

Abstract

In this paper, we compare the two fault tolerant approaches: self-stabilization and robust self-stabilization, and we investigate their performances in dynamic networks. We study the behavior of four clustering protocols; two self-stabilizing GDMAC and BSC, and their robust self-stabilizing version R-GDMAC and R-BSC. The performances of protocols are compared in terms of their cluster-heads number, availability of both minimal and optimum services and the stabilization time. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.