Title :
A Novel Ant Colony Routing Algorithm with Global Correction for Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Author :
Qin Dan-yang ; Sha Xue-jun ; Wu Wei
Author_Institution :
HIT-NEC Joint Lab. on Adv. Commun. Technol., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin
Abstract :
The stability and reliability of routing protocols in existence can not be adapted to mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) well enough. In this paper, a novel ant colony routing algorithm is proposed and evaluated to reduce the overhead and enhance the network stability for MANET. The thought of design came into being based on the way of ants foraging and work dividing. By making a global correction on pheromone intensity, we gain a more efficient routing selection mechanism. The results show that, as compared with AODV (Ad Hoc On-demand Vector) routing protocol, the ant colony routing algorithm with a global correction (ACRA-GC) can not only reduce the end-to-end delay, but also enhance the stability and raise the efficiency of communication by exerting the function of each node in MANET.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; mobile communication; routing protocols; ad hoc on-demand vector; ant colony routing; end-to-end delay; global correction; mobile ad hoc network; network stability; pheromone intensity; routing protocol; routing selection; Algorithm design and analysis; Ant colony optimization; Communications technology; Educational institutions; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Stability; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.621
