An Energy-efficient and Real-time Anonymous Routing Protocol for Ad hoc Networks

Anonymous routing in ad hoc networks has been one of the major concerns over the past few years. Most researches have only focused on the route anonymity without considering energy efficiency and real-time performance which are also major concerns in ad hoc networks. In this paper, we propose a novel efficient anonymous routing protocol which provides not only anonymity but also energy efficiency and real-time performance in ad hoc networks. Our analysis and simulation study verify that our protocol is much better than existing anonymous routing protocols on the aspects of energy efficiency and real-time performance.