Key management with improved location aided cluster based routing protocol in MANETs

Abstract

Security is the main challenge in MANETs. The Key management scheme is crucial part of security which is important in MANETs. Authentication with key generation and distribution is a complicated task. In this paper we introduce an ILCRP- improved Location aided Cluster based Routing Protocol with Key Management scheme to make ILCRP secure. This Paper aims to provide better security with ILCRP protocol using Quantum Key Distribution. Quantum key distribution is used to generate a secure communication among the nodes. The ILCRP is a stable clustering protocol and appropriate for large number of nodes where all the nodes are enabled with GPS to achieve higher packet delivery ratio. Simulation result shows the demonstration of ILCRP with ILCRP-IDS in terms of ratio of packet delivery, delay required for an end to end communication and consumption of energy.