A Permission-based Clustering Mutual Exclusion Algorithm for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

In the last ten years a lot of research has been done on resource allocation in Ad-hoc networks. The Classical approaches of mutual exclusion and its variants need to be modified to suit the dynamic topology, low bandwidth and low processing capabilities of mobile ad-hoc network (MANET).The distributed mutual exclusion in MANETs is comparatively less explored area of research. In this paper, we propose a new approach for mutual exclusion in MANETs which is based on clustering and the concept of weight throwing. The algorithm uses cluster based hierarchal approach which also helps in reducing the message complexity of the algorithm.