Location Based Anonymous Routing Protocol for MANETS

Privacy is needed in ad hoc networks. In order to provide anonymous routing protocol in MANETs the location of source and destination can be concealed by using “notify and go” mechanism and broadcasting. In this paper, we address some of the issues arising in MANETs by using an anonymous routing protocol. Location Based Anonymous Routing Protocol partitions the network into zones for anonymity protection. The destination position is identified to separate the source node from destination node by clustering, which is needed by the packet forwarder to check whether it is separated from the destination. The packet which is forwarded from source to destination can be encrypted by using asymmetric encryption algorithm. Location Based Anonymous Routing Protocol forwards a packet to the neighbor to the destination through the randomly selected relay nodes. Thus, it provides anonymous protection to source, destination, and routes at a low cost. It takes advantage of geographic routing protocol and also provides reliable communication. For routing anonymity temporary destination can be randomly chosen in other zone and relay nodes are selected in the same zone to transfer the data to temporary destination. Owe to the vulnerable nature of the mobile ad hoc network, there are various security threats that disturb the development of it. Location Based Anonymous Routing Protocol also has strategies to effectively counter the intersection and timing attacks.