An Intelligent and Adaptive Multipath Routing Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Abstract

Nodes in Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) forward information from one hop to another through wireless links. These mobile nodes are dependent on battery power and recharging of node batteries is usually not feasible in critical environment. Moreover, due to continuous node movements, link breakage is also one of the major concerns. Considering these factors, an intelligent and adaptive multipath routing scheme (IAMRS) has been proposed in this paper to improve the overall routing performance. The proposed algorithm considers node lifetime and signal power to estimate reward factor during route establishment process. Also, every node maintains local neighborhood information on the basis of distance. The work has been implemented on network simulator and outcomes reveal that the IAMRS outperforms existing multipath routing scheme.