Path selection in wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Network using fuzzy and rough set theory

Abstract

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile nodes that dynamically forms a network. Many routing protocols exist to find the shortest path using various resources. A novel approach based on fuzzy and rough set theory is described in this work for the selection of effective routing paths using minimum number of resources. This paper shows the rough set technique that can be employed to generate simple rules and to remove irrelevant attributes (resources) for evaluating the best routing paths. An example is also given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.