Energy-Efficient Perspicacious Ant Colony Optimization Based Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Network

Abstract

Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) are a special kind of network that organize by itself, and they provide high-quality service despite the cost of routing. In MANET, there exist no option to reach other hosts in a single-hop where it needs multi-hop. Many intermediary hosts relay packets transmitted by the source host before reaching the destination host in a multi-hop situation. The level of energy at each node plays a significant role in MANET. Routes are frequently broken, and new routes are discovered in MANETs because of node mobility. In this paper, Energy-Efficient Perspicacious Ant Colony Optimization Based Routing Protocol (EEPACORP) is proposed to determine the optimum route to transfer the data to reduce energy spent by each node for data transmission. EEPACORP is based on the ant's inherent disposition to seek for food. EEPACORP is inspired from genetic character of ant towards finding its food. Pheromone concentration are modified in EEPACORP to find the most appropriate route. The performance of EEPACORP is analyzed in NS3 using standard network metrics. EEPACORP's studies demonstrate that it reduces delays and energy consumption better than the present routing methods.