Energy Efficient Secure Routing Framework Based on Multidimensional Trust Evaluation for MANET

Abstract

Very popular MANET works with some functions like data exchange, communication management and routing etc. based on the cooperation. Assess the trustworthiness of the nodes became important since trust is the pillar for cooperation. For secure routing, an efficient trust management mechanism should be implemented in such a way that it could not change the basic nature of network. Mobility, battery limitation and the computational complexities make the trust evaluation a challenging task. To manage the energy during inside attack this paper proposes a trust based energy efficient routing approach, as the extension of our previous work [10] by including various dimensions of trust such as initial trust, behavioral and recommended trust. Most favourite Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing protocol is used as a representative in the proposed framework. In this paper, a multidimensional trust evaluation security solution is proposed to make minimal changes to the functioning of AODV and achieved an increased level of security and reliability.

Keywords: AODV, Direct trust, Multidimensional trust, Security, Secure Routing, Trust.

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