Evaluation of Sector-Based Routing Approach in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

The system in which wireless device self configure, establish and communicate from one end to the other using wireless channel with no existing fixed network is known as Mobile ad hoc network (MANET). The MANET is another varient of Ad-hoc network, which creates short-lived network using wirelss mobile devices. In ddition to MANET, the behaviour of this kind of temporary networks depends on routing protocols. The large number of routing techniques has been presented in the literature, but it is also been stated that routing is one of the key research issue even till today. This research article examines the performance of nature inspired algorithm such as Petal Ant Routing (PAR) with classical based routing such as Dynamic source routing in MANET. The simulation of both routing is carried using Network Simulator (NS2 version 2.35) and evaluted for different network parameters.

ZhuJi,WeiYuandK.J.RayLiu,Fellow, IEEE Abstract—In self-organized mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) where each user is its own authority, fully cooperative behaviors, such as unconditionally forwarding packets for each other or honestly revealing its private information, cannot be directly assumed. The pricing mechanism is one way to provide incentives for the users to act cooperatively by awarding some payment for cooperative behaviors. In this paper, we consider efficient routing in self-organized MANETs and model it as multi-stage dynamic pricing games. A game theoretical framework for dynamic pricing-based routing in MANETs is proposed to maximize the sender/receiver’s payoff by considering the dynamic nature of MANETs. Meanwhile, the forwarding incentives of the relay nodes can also be maintained by optimally pricing their packet-forwarding services based on the auction rules and introducing the Cartel Maintenance enforcing mechanism. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed dynamic pricing-based routing approach has significant performance gains over the existing static pricing approaches.

A mobile Ad Hoc network (MANET) is made of mobile nodes connected to each other via wireless links. The nodes function both as routers and as host devices, so routing protocols are necessary. They generate additional stream of control packets - the overhead. It can be reduced by controlling the request and response zones of Ad Hoc network nodes. In this paper, the method for routing in MANET is proposed, which operates by controlling the request and response zones of network nodes during the route search process in order to reduce the routing overhead and network load1. The method consists of Signal level Restricted Flooding (SRF) algorithm, the location-based routing and the Request Zone Minimization (RZM) algorithm. The simulations of the routing algorithms have been performed and the results are presented in the paper.

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a wireless network without any fixed infrastructure or centralised control of homogeneous mobile nodes which are battery powered. In this research paper, we proposed new routing algorithm named energy saver path routing algorithm using optimised link state routing (ESPR-OLSR) protocol for energy efficient routing in MANET. This ESPR-OLSR algorithm takes minimum energy to find the path between source to destination using high potential score edge node selections. This potential score calculation is based on the distance calculation, direction of motion identification and link stability. The same procedure execute until it reaches the destination and also hop1, hop2 and so on. Finally, adjusting the parameter after using ESPR-OLSR algorithm provides better performance compared to ordinary OLSR protocol and also increased throughput with number of node and transmission range also increased, reduced end-to-end delay, reduced transmission power to finding path between source to destination, ESPR-OLSR is reduced overhead with number of node is increased compare to ordinary OLSR and ESPR-OLSR has increased mobility than OLSR.

Due to the high mobility of nodes in the dynamic topology of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), it is challenging to define the precise position of a node in the network for effective data delivery. The paperproposed a hybrid algorithm for routing in MANETs called Adaptive GPSR with Dynamic Thresholds (AGDT). AGDT is a novel approach that combines the GPSR routing protocol with a dynamic threshold-based approach to increase the enactment of the network. The algorithm employs distance and direction-based thresholds to determine when to switch between GPSR and a perimeter-based approach for routing. The paper discusses the implementation of the algorithm and provides a performance evaluation of its effectiveness in comparison to other present routing algorithms. The results show that AGDT outperforms other protocols in terms of packet delivery ratio, end-to-end delay, and throughput. The paper concludes by highlighting the potential applications and benefits of the AGDT algorithm in MANETs.

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are infrastructureless and distributed communication systems that require sophisticated approaches to routing to cope with node mobility and heterogeneous application requirements. In the past few years, distributed hash table (DHT) has come forth as a useful additional technique to the design and specification of spontaneous and self-organized networks. Researchers have exploited its advantages by implementing it at the network layer and developing scalable routing protocols for MANETs. The implementation of DHT-based routing in a MANET requires different algorithms and specifications compared to routing in the Internet because a MANET has its unique characteristics, such as node mobility, spontaneous networking, decentralized architecture, limited transmission range, dynamic topology, and frequent network partitioning/merging. In this article, we present a comprehensive survey of research related to DHT-based routing that aims at enhancing the scalability of MANETs. We present a vivid taxonomy of DHT-based routing protocols and the guidelines to design such protocols for MANETs. We compare the features, strengths, and weaknesses of existing DHT-based routing protocols and highlight key research challenges that are vital to address. The outcome of the analysis serves as a guide for anyone willing to delve into research on DHT-based routing in MANETs.

In this paper, we address the problem of multicast routing in mobile ad-hoc networks from the viewpoint of energy efficiency. In an ad-hoc wireless network, each node runs on a local energy source which has a limited energy life span. Thus, energy conservation is a critical issue in mobile ad-hoc networks. One approach for energy conservation is to establish routes that require lowest total energy consumption. This optimization problem is referred as the minimum-energy multicast routing problem (MEMRP). In this paper, propose new efficient heuristic algorithms for the construction of energy-efficient multicast routes in mobile ad-hoc networks. These algorithms exploit the broadcast nature of the wireless channel, and address the need for energy-efficient operations. Empirical studies show that our algorithms are able to achieve better performance than algorithms that have been developed for MEMRP.

Inter-domain routing is an important component to allow interoperation among heterogeneous network domains operated by different organizations. Although inter-domain routing has been well supported in the Internet, there has been relatively little support to the Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) space. In MANETs, the inter-domain routing problem is challenged by: (1) dynamic network topology due to mobility, and (2) diverse intra-domain ad hoc routing protocols. In this paper, we discuss how to enable inter-domain routing among MANETs, and to handle the dynamic nature of MANETs. We first present the design challenges for inter-domain routing in MANETs, and then propose a framework for inter-domain routing in MANETs.

Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is one of the most upcoming technologies in the field of wireless communication. As there is no predefined network configuration in MANET, routing, therefore, is much more difficult compared to that in a wired network. It is known that in MANET there is a continuous change in topology resulting in the change in adjacent nodes to a certain node. This subsequently may play a vital role in finding the path from source to the destination host. Meta-heuristics, like Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) are being used successfully in MANET routing. In our earlier work we made some variations of ACO techniques for routing in wired network. Here, in this paper, some modifications on those variants of ACO have been made considering the situations in MANET. Variations are related to selecting the next node to visit depending on the number of adjacent nodes to the current node and modification of the pheromone deposit formula on the basis of transmission time. In some variants a tabu list has been incorporated to enhance the performance remarkably. Using NS2 simulator the experiments have been made to compare the performance of six variants of ACO, where the various parameters have been adjusted optimally. It is observed that modified versions are better than the previous ACO variants in overall performance related to throughput and packet drop rate.

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are dynamic wireless networks that have no fixed infrastructures and do not require predefined configurations. In this infrastructure-less paradigm, nodes in addition of being hosts, they also act as relays and forward data packets for other nodes in the network. Due to limited resources in MANETs such as bandwidth and power, the performance of the routing protocol plays a significant role. A routing protocol in MATET should not introduce excessive control messages to the network in order to save network bandwidth and nodes power. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic approach based on Bayesian inference to enable efficient routing in MANETs. Nodes in the proposed approach utilize the broadcast nature of the wireless channel to observe the network topology by overhearing wireless transmissions at neighboring nodes in a distributed manner, and learn from these observations when taking packet forwarding decision on the IP network layer. Our simulation results show that our routing approach reduces the number of control message (routing overhead) by a ratio up to 20 % when the network size is 60 nodes, while maintaining similar average route establishment delay as compared to the ad-hoc on demand routing protocol.

Applications of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) have gained increasing popularity among different areas of human life and significantly attracted the attention of the researchers in this field. Routing in a MANET plays the vital role in its real-world application. Further, routing in MANET is associated with a set of issues that need to be addressed before its implementation. The issues include satisfaction of specified quality of service (QoS) requirements and security issues. In this paper, we have addressed security issues as our point of focus. Again, security issues can be addressed using various algorithms and out of all, evolutionary technique-based algorithms appear to be more effective for the purpose. Ant colony optimization (ACO) is one of the most popular evolutionary algorithms for optimization. We have carried out an extensive review of ant colony optimization (ACO)-based secure MANET routing protocols and the contents of this paper can help researchers in the field of MANET to devise secure routing protocols, especially using ACO algorithm for addressing the security issues in a MANET.

Many existing studies just considered that nodes in a Mobile Ad Hoc NETwork (MANET) would fully cooperate to forward packets for one another. However, this assumption does not hold in many scenarios. The node selfishness in relay cooperation will certainly influence the overall performance of routing in MANETs. In this work, we investigate the energy-aware routing problem in MANETs with nodes' selfishness. We model the situation of node cooperation in energy-aware routing by using game theory. We consider the competitive and cooperative relationship between the nodes to formulate the game for MANETs. An incentive mechanism is given in order to encourage forwarding cooperation during energy-aware routing. Nodes are encouraged to forward more data packets for others in order to acquire more services from others. We also carry out a simulation for the proposed method and perform detailed analysis in this work. From the results of the simulation, we argue that it's possible to find out a suitable configuration for a MANET to support more efficient energy-aware routing through our method.

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) are considered as a new paradigm of infrastructure-less mobile wireless communication systems. MANETs are being widely studied and it is the technology that is attracting a large variety of applications. Routing in MANETs is considered a challenging task due to the unpredictable changes in the network topology, resulting from the random and frequent movement of the nodes and due to the absence of any centralized control [1][2]. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of reactive routing protocols, Ad hoc On demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and proactive routing protocol Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV). The major goal of this study is to analyze the performance of well known MANETs routing protocol in high mobility case under low, medium and high density scenario. Unlike military applications, most of the other applications of MANETs require moderate to high mobility. Hence it becomes important to study the impact of high mobility on the performance of these routing protocols. The performance is analyzed with respect to Average End-to-End Delay, Normalized Routing Load (NRL), Packet Delivery Fraction (PDF) and Throughput. Simulation results verify that AODV gives better performance as compared to DSR and DSDV.

We present the Ordered Proactive Enclave-based Routing for Ad-hoc networks (OPERA) protocol for unicast routing in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). OPERA uses source and destination labels to define elliptical interest-driven enclaves to reduce control overhead. A topological sort of destination labels is used for loop freedom. The use of label spacing allows effective local repairs. Simulation results comparing OPERA with traditional routing schemes such as AODV and OLSR show that it has a better delivery ratio and smaller delay in realistic load situations. The network load with OPERA is much smaller than with the traditional on-demand and proactive routing schemes.

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) comprises of self-organizing autonomous mobile nodes. MANETs are open and decentralized. Therefore they are vulnerable to malicious entities. MANETs are multi-hop wireless network where all nodes supportively maintain network connectivity without a centralized infrastructure. Since MANETs are infrastructure less and independent, the secure communication is the main issue. Therefore they are vulnerable to malicious entities. Here the location identity and traffic can be traced out by an outside observer. Anonymity means secure communications by hiding node identities and preventing traffic analysis attacks by outside observers. This paper proposes Position based Anonymous Routing Scheme in MANETs (PARS).Here the routing is based on Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing Protocol. The objective is an anonymous routing protocol for the network. The proposed one is a zone based anonymous GPSR based protocol that can provide source, destination and route anonymity. Performance of the proposed system is compared with that of GPSR and AODV using Network Simulator. Index Terms: Anonymous routing, position-based routing, random forwarder, zone partition. I. Introduction Mobile Ad hoc Networks are collection of independent mobile nodes that can communicate by radio waves. It is an infrastructure less self-organizing network. The nodes that are in radio range can communicate by single hop or by multi hop with the help of intermediate nodes. The network is open and decentralized and fully distributed. So they are perfect choice for communication and information sharing. MANETs are susceptible to malicious entities that aim to alter and analyzed the traffic analysis by communication eaves dropping or attacking routing protocols. MANETs are characterized by their distributed operation, multi hop routing, dynamic topology and shared physical medium. Nodes in a MANET are independently free to move in any direction. Due to the lack of a centralized coordinator security is the major concern here. Wireless communication can endure interferences or malicious interceptions; whereas multi-hop communication assumes that each node will perform properly its functions to support network services. Further, self-organization increases the complexity of security management operations as access control, node authentication, secure routing and cryptographic key distribution. There is no fixed infrastructure and the topology is frequently changing due to node mobility or environmental changes. Therefore, it is very hard to maintain a stable and efficient end-to-end route in an ad-hoc network. Each node in MANET is energy constrained. There is verylimited physical security in MANET. The type of attacks can be Active attacks or Passive attacks. The common security issues are Passive attacks which include eaves dropping and information disclosure. Active attacks include Do Sand Data modification. There are other more specific problems with mobile ad hoc network such as vulnerability of channels and nodes, Byzantine black hole and Byzantine wormhole attack. The security issue also includes attacks that may inject erroneous routing information and diverting network traffic thus making routing inefficient. There are many methods to reduce the impact of these attacks, which include a secure routing using public and private key s to get a certification authority and use of digital signatures and prior it rust relationships. Routing is the process of communication from one node to the other host in a network. Routing is the process off or warding packet towards its destination using most efficient path. Routing efficiency is measured in terms of Number of hops, traffic, security, etc. Routing protocols in MANETs are divided as reactive proactive and hybrid. Reactive Protocol maintains the routes in on demand manner. In route discovery phase it floods the route request (RREQ) packets throughout the network. Dynamic source Routing (DSR), ad hoc on- demand distance vector routing (AODV) are some of the examples of reactive protocols. In proactive approach every node in the MANET continuously maintains the complete routing information of the entire network. This is accomplished by flooding network periodically with network status information. Global State Routing (GSR), Hierarchical State Routing (HSR) and Destination Sequenced Distance Vector Routing (DSDV) are some of the examples of proactive