Fuzzy-ZRP: An Adaptive MANET Radius Zone Routing Protocol

A Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a group of active mobile nodes wirelessly connected in self-configuring and self-healing network without preexisting centralized infrastructure. Several studies have been conducted to improve the stability lifetime routes for communicating between source destination nodes, integrating new techniques with existing protocols. This paper presents fuzzy-based approach performance standard Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP) by selecting optimal value zone radius. Each node has fuzzy inference system that periodically fed parameters, such as remaining energy mobility node, calculate routing radius, which makes autonomous intelligent. The simulation results obtained using NS-2 simulator showed proposed radius outperformed ZRP, OVBAZRP, PSOZRP protocols all measures considered: PDR, NRL, E2ED.