This paper describes an event dissemination algorithm that implements a topic-based publish/subscribe abstraction in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). Our algorithm relies on (1) the mobility of the processes and (2) the validity period of the events to ensure the reliability of the dissemination (under reasonable conditions) with a thrifty usage of the memory. The algorithm is inherently portable and does not assume any specific routing protocol. Old events are collected to save the memory and the energy consumption is, in some sense, related to the size of the event scope a subscriber is interested in. We give simulation results in different mobility models and highlight the advantages/drawbacks of our approach as well as we expose some interesting relations between validity periods and reliability.
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