• N.Papanna
• Dr.A.Rama Mohan Reddy
• Dr. M.Seetha

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) are self-configuring, de-centralized and a kind of multi hop wireless packet networks, where the mobile gadgets (also referred to as nodes) communicate with each other on wireless links. Such networks find applications where a quick deployment or dynamic reconfiguration of network is required, or there is no pre-existing network infrastructure or wired network is available. The applications include emergency search and rescue operations, military, civilian operations, law enforcement, and conferences. Multicasting is becoming important in MANETs as a lot of applications relaying on cooperation among a team. There have been a wide variety of multicast routing protocols available in the literature. This paper outlines the multicasting, various multicast routing protocols and their performance evaluation metrics..

Mobile Ad hoc Network, Multicast, Routing, Scalability, Efficiency.

"Multicast Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Issues, Challenges and Applications ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.210-212, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDC06037.pdf

"Multicast Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Issues, Challenges and Applications ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp210-212, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDC06037.pdf