A Trust based Auction oriented Routing Model for Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper we propose a game theoretic framework for routing in mobile ad hoc networks. A trust oriented auction based packet forwarding model is developed for stimulating cooperation among the nodes avoiding the selfish behavior. Our proposed scheme provides incentive for cooperative behavior of the node and the amount of incentive is decided by the trustworthiness of a node. To find the cost of a packet we use two auction mechanisms procurement and Dutch auction. Trust is measured by the past behavior of each node towards proper functionality of the network.