Robust Bio-Inspired Routing Protocol in MANETs Using Ant Approach

Abstract

This paper discusses about developing a routing protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks in a bio-inspired manner. Algorithms inspired by collective behavior of social insect colonies, bird flocking, honey bee dancing, etc., promise to be capable of catering to the challenges faced by tiny wireless sensor networks. We propose an energy efficient multi-path routing algorithm based on foraging nature of ant colonies. This paper considers many meta-heuristic factors to provide good robust paths from source node to destination node in a hope to overcome the challenges posed by resource-constrained sensors. The performance of proposed ant colony routing algorithm is compared against well-known AODV routing protocol.