A hybrid multi-path ant QoS routing algorithm for MANETs

Authors:
Radwa Attia;Rawya Rizk;Mahmoud Mariee
Affiliations:
EE. Dept., Suez Canal University, Egypt;EE. Dept., Suez Canal University, Egypt;Computer Engineering and Systems Dept., Azhar University, Egypt
Venue:
WOCN'09 Proceedings of the Sixth international conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Supporting multimedia for Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is an important issue. This paper presents two routing algorithms in MANETs inspired by the ant colony optimization routing algorithms. The rIrst algorithm a Hybrid Multi-Ant (HMAnt) routing algorithm. is a hybrid since it combines reactive path establishment with proactive path maintenance. supports multi-path while maintaining an acceptable level of routing control overhead. The second algorithm is a HMAnt with QoS provision (HMAnt-QoS), which satisfies QoS requirements of the incoming traffic. Simulation results show that HMAnt outperforms AODV, AntNet, and AntHocNet in terms of end-to-end delay and packet delivery ratio, while having a moderate routing control overhead. HMAnt-QoS achieves its goal by providing paths that guarantee the QoS constraints for real time applications.