Fuzzy Based Priority Ad Hoc on Demand Multipath Distance Vector Stable Routing protocol (FPAOMDV)

Mobile ad-hoc networks are the most uncertain type of networks. Uncertainty occurs due to the mobile nature of the nodes, continuous consumption of energy and bandwidth results in unpredictable state of nodes. In this situation making an efficient, reliable and stable route selection is a challenging task and an open research problem aiming to provide continuous data transfer between source and destination node. Multipath routing protocol ensures reliable communication by providing multiple paths between source and destination nodes. To choose the best one among different alternative paths is the problem addressed by this paper. For this purpose fuzzy logic (multi valued logic) has been used. Fuzzy logic is a soft computing technique which is able to make precise and accurate decision in multi variable, uncertain and imprecise situation. Here, firstly Multipath Priority Based Route Discovery Mechanism (MPRDM) has been used to generate multiple paths between the two nodes participating in the communication. MPRDM calculates individual priority value for every RREP packet and assigns it to the different obtained routes. Further, in this paper fuzzy logic has been used for designing fuzzy route selection controller for Fuzzy Logic Based Stable Route Selection mechanism (FLSRSM) which calculates stability value of different routes based on priority value, average mobility and residual energy along the paths FLSRSM is able to make selection of best stable path based on the highest value of stability metric. This mechanism has been used to propose fuzzy based priority ad-hoc on demand multipath distance vector stable routing protocol (FPAOMDV) that provide stability, reliability and selects the route that has sufficient amount of energy to hold continuous data transfer. In Simulation results on NS2, the proposed protocol outperforms other compared routing protocols in terms of delay, throughput, PDR and overhead.

An Efficient Routing Protocol with Overload Control for Group Mobility in Delay-Tolerant Networking

In delay-tolerant networking (DTN), messages are delivered to destination nodes by using opportunistic contacts between contact nodes, even if stable routing paths from source nodes to destination nodes do not exist. In some DTN network environments, such as military networks, nodes movement follows a group movement model, and an efficient DTN routing protocol is required to use the characteristics of group mobility. In this paper, we consider a network environment, where both intra- and intergroup routing are carried out by using DTN protocols. Then, we propose an efficient routing protocol with overload control for group mobility, where delivery predictability for group mobility is defined and proactive overload control is applied. Performance evaluation results show that the proposed protocol had better delivery ratios and overhead ratios than compared protocols, although the delivery latency was increased.

Stable routing and energy-conserved data transmission over wireless sensor networks

Stable routing and energy conservation over a wireless sensor network (WSN) is a major issue in Internet of Things applications. The network lifetime can be increased when studying this issue with interest. Data transmission is a dominant factor in IoT networks for communication overhead and energy consumption. A proposed efficient node stable routing ($$ENSR$$ ENSR ) protocol is introduced to guarantee the stability of transmission data between the source and destination nodes, in a dynamic WSN conditions. $$ENSR$$ ENSR minimizes energy consumption and selects more stable nodes for packets forwarding. Stability becomes the most important factor that qualifies the node's centrality. A node’s stability is characterized by residual energy, link quality, and number of hops needed to reach the destination from the node. To calculate node's stability, an enhanced centrality concept, known as stable betweenness centrality ($$SBC$$ SBC ) is introduced. In $$ENSR$$ ENSR , at first, some nodes will be selected as the stable forwarding nodes, usually with maximum $$SBC$$ SBC between their neighbors within a limited communication radio range of a particular region. Furthermore, each stable forwarding node then broadcasts its identity, including $$SBC$$ SBC , to the source node separately. The source node can compute a stable path to forward packets to the corresponding stable forwarding node, based on a proper designed stable path routing metric ($$SPRM$$ SPRM ). Then, the stable forwarding node will behave as a new source node and start another stable path routing process until the packets are forwarded and reached to the destination node. In addition, the change of stable nodes over time balances and conserves node energy consumption, thereby mitigating “hot spots”. The proposed routing protocol is validated through simulation. The numerical results show that the proposed protocol outperforms the existing algorithms, global and local reliability-based routing ($$GLRR$$ GLRR ) and reliable energy-aware routing protocol $$(RER)$$ ( R E R ) , in terms of network efficiency and reliability.

Weighted Multipath Energy-Aware Clustered Stable Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Background & Objective: Mobile ad hoc networks are defined as highly dynamic, leading to frequent disconnections and changing topologies. The energy and stability of power limited nodes needs to be managed while designing the protocol & clustering helps in reducing the problem of network congestion due to information overhead in large sized networks. Multipath routing helps in balancing the load and node failures in a dynamic environment thereby helping to solve the problem of congestion. This paper proposes a new multipath, energy-aware and stable routing protocol – Weighted Multipath Energy-aware Clustered Stable routing protocol (WMECS). Methods: It uses weighted approach in clustered mobile adhoc networks. In this, both cluster head as well as path selection is done using an optimal energy and mobility model. This helps in attaining stable and energy efficient network with prolonged lifetime. The energy model considers energy metrics like transmission power, drain rate and power load that helps in constructing a network with lower energy consumption. We have also considered Gauss-Markov Mobility Model to handle the mobility of nodes and attain a stable network with less re-clustering and re-affiliations by choosing low relative mobility nodes in every cluster. Multipath selection is done based on a weighted metric that considers energy and mobility coefficients whereas Optimal Paths are selected on the basis of lower weight. Results: Simulation results show that the proposed protocol has better performance when compared with other related protocols in terms of Energy Consumption, Network Lifetime and end to end delay.