Method of selecting relay node in mobile ad-hoc network

A method of selecting a relay node, the method being performed by a predetermined node of a mobile ad-hoc network, comprising:

• receiving one or more Hello messages, each containing Multi-Point Relay (MPR) Selector Counter (MSC) value information, from one or more neighbor nodes;
• updating a neighbor node list depending on the MSC value;
• aligning one or more 1-hop neighbor nodes included in the updated neighbor node list depending on the MSC value and a number of neighbor nodes of each of the one or more 1-hop neighbor nodes;
• and
• selecting a 1-hop neighbor node having a highest MSC value and a largest number of neighbor nodes as an MPR node.