## 3 Cluster-Disjoint Multipath Routing Protocol
### Grid Cluster Construction
As a result of performance evaluation, since the proposed scheme does not require a processes such as path construction and recovery based on cluster-based multipath transmission, the proposed scheme is more advantageous in terms of transmission delay and end-to-end transmission success ratio than existing multipath routing protocols. [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON] contributed to protocol design and detailed algorithms. They also conducted the performance analyses. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research was supported by the Daejeon University fund (2021). Not applicable. The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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