Abstract
In this work, we propose a delayed data forwarding scheme using delay function. According to the link status and network topology, each node gives arrived packets some delay before forwarding them so that the packet flows through the most stable route. We first propose conservative delay function from strict end-to-end delay bound and then relax it more and more and finally introduce a SNR based delay function using cross-layer concept between link layer and network layer. We show its performance by some analysis and simulation in mesh networks. This scheme is useful for stable data routing in highly dynamic networks.
