ANTMANET A Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mabrouka Abuhmida, Kapilan Radhakrishnan, Ian Wells

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Abstract

The rapid development of MANETs poses substantially different challenges for routing protocols in comparison with traditional wired networks. New classes for routing algorithms have emerged, for example Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), which is inspired by the collective behavior of various ant species. ACO algorithms use control packets to search for the shortest path from source to destination. The heuristic of ACO is able to find alternative paths to the same destination. A data packet is transferred along a path selected based on a favorability probability. In this paper we propose ANTMANET, a novel ACO routing protocol utilizing the location information by adding a local zone technique to create faster route discovery by using less control packets resulting in less overhead. ANTMANET has proven better overhead and less delay when compared to different MANET routing protocols.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks
Subtitle of host publication3-5 June 2015
EditorsDavid Al-Dabass, Yuri Merkuryev, Andrejs Romanovs, Galina Merkuryeva
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4673-7016-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Oct 2015
Event7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks - Riga, Latvia
Duration: 3 Jun 20155 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks
Abbreviated titleCICSYN2015
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRiga
Period3/06/155/06/15

Keywords

  • Swarm Intelligence
  • Mobile ad-hoc Network (MANET)
  • Mobility
  • Routing
  • Ant Colony Optimization

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