Key Distribution Protocols for Multicast Group Communication in MANETs

In this work we will attempt to combine these protocols with all the possible combinations into a two-layered hybrid scheme that exploits adavantages of both protocols and reduces possibly their overhead. We will develop models of these combinations, redefine their function principles and we will do a mathematical analysis to derive all costs. The analytical formulae of these models will provide us with the tools for comparisons among them, and push the research towards the best behaving models.