Intelligent Routing using Ant Algorithms for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

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Author(s)

S. Menaka 1,* M.K. Jayanthi 2

1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University

2. School of Computing Sciences and Engineering, VIT University

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2013.10.08

Received: 20 Jan. 2013 / Revised: 28 Apr. 2013 / Accepted: 11 Jun. 2013 / Published: 8 Aug. 2013

Index Terms

MANETs, Ant Colony Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, Routing

Abstract

Wireless network is one of the niche areas and has been a growing interest owing to their ability to control the physical environment even from remote locations. Intelligent routing, bandwidth allocation and power control techniques are the known critical factors for this network communication. It is customary to find a feasible path between the communication end point which is a challenging task in this type of network. The present study proposes an Ant Mobility Model (AMM), an on-demand, multi-path routing algorithm that exercises power control and coordinate the nodes to communicate with one another in wireless network. The main goal of this protocol is to reduce the overhead, congestion, and stagnation, while increasing the throughput of the network. It can be realized from the simulation results that AMM proves to be a promising solution for the mobility pattern in wireless networks like MANETs.

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S. Menaka, M.K. Jayanthi, "Intelligent Routing using Ant Algorithms for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security(IJCNIS), vol.5, no.10, pp.51-57, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijcnis.2013.10.08

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