A cluster-based trust-aware routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks

Authors:
Haidar Safa;Hassan Artail;Diana Tabet
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon;Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon;Department of Computer Science, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Venue:
Wireless Networks
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Routing protocols are the binding force in mobile ad hoc network (MANETs) since they facilitate communication beyond the wireless transmission range of the nodes. However, the infrastructure-less, pervasive, and distributed nature of MANETs renders them vulnerable to security threats. In this paper, we propose a novel cluster-based trust-aware routing protocol (CBTRP) for MANETs to protect forwarded packets from intermediary malicious nodes. The proposed protocol organizes the network into one-hop disjoint clusters then elects the most qualified and trustworthy nodes to play the role of cluster-heads that are responsible for handling all the routing activities. The proposed CBTRP continuously ensures the trustworthiness of cluster-heads by replacing them as soon as they become malicious and can dynamically update the packet path to avoid malicious routes. We have implemented and simulated the proposed protocol then evaluated its performance compared to the clustered based routing protocol (CBRP) as well as the 2ACK approach. Comparisons and analysis have shown the effectiveness of our proposed scheme.