Comparative Study of Cluster Based Routing Protocols in MANET – A Review

Mobile Ad-hoc Network has broad impact on research area from past two eras. Its structure less establishment and flexibility increases its growth of attention in the field of Ad hoc network. MANET is defined as instant alteration in network topology and constrained energy. Clustering is useful to make network more efficient and scalable in MANET. In MANET nodes are continuously change their location due to mobility nature. Hence it became challenging task to manage them while preserving the energy. Many clustering algorithms and protocols are proposed to overcome these lacks and to make the network more stable and trusted. In this paper we describe the most prominent aspect related to the MANET . The motive of this paper compared and analyzed different clustering algorithms under different parameters such as Reputation, Misbehavior detection, Energy efficient and mobility of node. Keywords— MANET, Security, Clustering, Mobility, Efficiency, Stability, Misbehavior, Overhead.