Anycast-Based Content-Centric MANET

In this paper, we propose an ancyast-based content-centric MANET (ACCM) to reduce the content acquisition cost and to improve the content acquisition success rate. In ACCM, providers form an anycast group and a consumer can acquire the desired contents from the nearest anycast member in the unicast way. ACCM depends on addresses to return the requested contents to a consumer, so the content acquisition failure caused by reverse-path disruptions is avoided. Finally, ACCM is analyzed and evaluated, and the data show that it reduces the content acquisition cost and improves the success rate.