Ants-Based Routing in Large Scale Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.

TLDR

The study aims to develop a routing solution for large‑scale mobile ad‑hoc networks by abstracting the dynamic topology into logical routers and links. The authors construct logical routers by grouping geographically close nodes, establish logical links between selected routers, and run a mobile‑agent routing protocol inspired by social insect behavior on this abstract topology.

Abstract

In this paper, we address the problem of routing in large-scale mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), both in terms of number of nodes and coverage area. Our approach aims at abstracting from the dynamic, irregular topology of a MANET to obtain a topology with “logical routers” and “logical links”, where logical router and logical links are just a collection of nodes and (multihop) paths between them, respectively. To “build” these logical routers, nodes geographically close to each other are grouped together. Logical links are established between selected logical routers. On top of this abstract topology, we propose to run a routing protocol based on mobile agents and inspired from social insects behaviour.