Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols Comparison Using Open-Source Simulation Tool

In wireless ad hoc networks, security and communication challenges are frequently addressed by deploying a trust mechanism. A number of approaches for evaluating trust of ad hoc network nodes have been proposed, including the one that uses neural networks. We proposed to use packet delivery ratios as input to the neural network. In this article, we present a new method, called TARA (Trust-Aware Reactive Ad Hoc routing), to incorporate node trusts into reactive ad hoc routing protocols. The novelty of the TARA method is that it does not require changes to the routing protocol itself. Instead, it influences the routing choice from outside by delaying the route request messages of untrusted nodes. The performance of the method was evaluated on the use case of sensor nodes sending data to a sink node. The experiments showed that the method improves the packet delivery ratio in the network by about 70%. Performance analysis of the TARA method provided recommendations for its application in a particular ad hoc network.

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Simulation of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols using OMNeT++

Mobile Networks and Applications ◽

10.1007/s11036-009-0174-5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 786-801 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Christoph Sommer ◽

Isabel Dietrich ◽

Falko Dressler

Keyword(s):

Routing Protocols ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Ad Hoc Routing

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Analysis of Pervasive Mobile Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Computer Communications and Networks - Pervasive Computing ◽

10.1007/978-1-84882-599-4_19 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 433-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nadia N. Qadri ◽

Antonio Liotta

Keyword(s):

Routing Protocols ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Ad Hoc Routing ◽

Mobile Ad Hoc

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Security Threats in Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Computer Communications and Networks - Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks ◽

10.1007/978-1-84800-328-6_18 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 455-472

Author(s):

John Felix Charles Joseph ◽

Amitabha Das ◽

Bu-Sung Lee

Keyword(s):

Routing Protocols ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Security Threats ◽

Ad Hoc Routing

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Inter-Domain Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Network Science for Military Coalition Operations ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-855-5.ch001 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chi-Kin Chau ◽

Jon Crowcroft ◽

Kang-Won Lee ◽

Starsky H.Y. Wong

Keyword(s):

Ad Hoc Networks ◽

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ◽

Network Topology ◽

Routing Protocols ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Ad Hoc Routing ◽

New Directions ◽

Mobile Ad Hoc ◽

Hoc Networks ◽

Inter Domain Routing

Because of the increasing number of diverse routing protocols proposed to deal with the network dynamics in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), the heterogeneity of MANETs has increased dramatically. While many of these extant proposals only concern enhancing routing in a single domain, little attention has been given to the interoperations among heterogeneous MANETs. Moreover, the existing inter-domain routing protocols (i.e., BGP) that have been designed for the Internet cannot cope with the new challenges derived from the MANETs, such as (1) the rapid dynamic changes of network topology due to mobility, and (2) the larger diversity in intra-domain ad hoc routing protocols. In this chapter, the authors address some of the major challenges and identify new directions to the development of seamless inter-domain routing for enabling end-to-end communications over heterogeneous MANET domains.

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