Route Challenging Scheme Using Friend Based Rating in MANETs

Security and Route identification are the major challenges in MANETs. Existing neighbour based routing algorithms provide route based on the quantity of data transferred [1] which may result in congestion. This is because the route having higher amount of transaction is preferred every time. In this paper we propose a Friend Based Routing algorithm [FBRA] for solving this problem. Here, the appropriate route is found not only based on the quantity of data transferred but also considers RSS and RTT. For providing re-authentication to the nodes in the network, FBRA uses Zero-Knowledge Protocol. The main advantage of this method is providing enhanced security and distinguishes the malicious nodes from the trusted nodes in the network.