International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 104 - Number 10 |
Year of Publication: 2014 |
Authors: Hiba Afreen, A K Daniel, Pooja Chaturvedi |
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Hiba Afreen, A K Daniel, Pooja Chaturvedi . Efficient Multipath Routing Protocol based on Path Survivability Factor. International Journal of Computer Applications. 104, 10 ( October 2014), 24-29. DOI=10.5120/18239-9277
Mobile ad hoc network is a collection of mobile devices which can communicate through wireless links. The task of routing protocol is to send packets from source to destination. This is particularly hard in mobile ad hoc networks due to the mobility of the network elements and lack of centralized control, infrastructure, etc. In this paper, we propose a routing algorithm for the mobile ad hoc networks to discover an optimal route for transmitting data packets from source to destination. This protocol helps every node in MANET to choose next efficient successor node on the basis of channel parameters like noise, energy, bandwidth, number of hop, traffic load. The protocol improves the performance of a route by increasing network life time, reducing link failure and selecting best node for forwarding the data packet to next node. The protocol adapts quickly to routing changes when host movement is frequent, yet requires little or no overhead during periods in which hosts move less frequently.