Smart and Sustainable Approaches for Optimizing Performance of Wireless Networks

15Trust‐Based Hybrid Routing Approach for Securing MANET

Neha Sharma¹ and Satrupa Biswas²

¹ Department of EEE, G D Goenka University, Sohna, Haryana, India

² Department of Information Communication and Technology, Manipal University, MAHE

15.1 Introduction

An ad‐hoc network refers to a network that is generally created for a particular purpose. Such networks are mostly created for one‐time use only, that is why they are commonly known as temporary networks. MANET (Mobile Ad‐hoc Network) is an ad‐hoc network only, a self‐organizing gathering of wireless portable nodes that form a momentary and dynamic wireless network deprived of any infrastructure [1]. The rudimentary notion of using MANET is that the exchange of information in between the portable nodes count on the swift arrangement of a momentary network. Also, each node in a MANET can travel spontaneously in any direction and can change its links to the other nodes repeatedly. The rudiments in establishing a MANET is the constant preservation of routing information at each node. Figure 15.1 shows a basic structure of nodes in MANET. The routing conventions of such networks are isolated into three gatherings: Proactive Routing Protocols (Table Driven), Reactive Routing Protocols (Request Driven), and Hybrid Routing Protocols (Combination of Proactive and Reactive) [1–3].

The Hybrid Protocols attempt to fuse different parts of proactive and reactive routing conventions. They are habitually used to provide progressive routing. ...