International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 66 - Number 1 |
Year of Publication: 2013 |
Authors: P. Saravanan, S. Chitra |
10.5120/11045-5937 |
P. Saravanan, S. Chitra . Selfish Nodes in MANET: Impact on Security and QoS. International Journal of Computer Applications. 66, 1 ( March 2013), 1-4. DOI=10.5120/11045-5937
Most of the researches focus on the secure and reliable communications in Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) because of the presences of malicious nodes, unreliable wireless media, host mobility and lack of infrastructure. However the basic idea of forming an Ad Hoc network is utilizing the cooperation between nodes which becomes critical to maintain QOS. Nodes which are non-cooperative are called as selfish nodes. Not much work has been done to find the effect of selfish nodes in a MANET. In this paper, it is proposed to evaluate the performance of a network under the impact of selfish nodes. Simulations are conducted using Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol to evaluate the performance degradation of MANET based on the degree of selfishness of the nodes.