Trust and energy-inspired threshold packet relaying capability technique (TEITPRCT) for reliable routing in MANETs

Abstract

The data dissemination in MANET completely depends on the packet relaying capability attributed by the mobile nodes of the network. This packet relaying potential of the mobile node completely depends on the energy possessed by the mobile nodes. In this paper, a Trust and Energy-Inspired Threshold Packet Relaying Capability Technique (TEITPRCT) is proposed for achieving reliable data forwarding in the network. This proposed TEITPRCT approach utilized the benefits of factors that includes Frequency Index of Interaction (FII), Intimacy Index (II) and Honesty Index (HI) for quantifying the trust attributed by each mobile node in the network. It also inherently estimates the energy possessed by the mobile nodes of the network through the utilization of probe packets. The simulation experiments are conducted using ns-2 based on evaluation metrics that include throughput, latency, and energy consumptions with respect to different mobile nodes of the network. The simulation results proved the potentiality of the proposed TEITPRCT approach over the other benchmarked schemes considered for investigation.