A Stable Ant-based Routing Protocol for Flying Ad Hoc Networks

DOI

10.2991/macmc-17.2018.77How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Flying Ad Hoc Networks; Ant Colony Optimization; Routing Protocol; Stable.

Abstract

A Stable Ant-based Routing Protocol (SARP) for Flying Ad Hoc Networks is proposed in this paper. SARP is based on the Ant Colony Optimization meta-heuristic, which selects the next hop node according the stable value, pheromone and the energy of the link. The stable value is calculated by the transmission range of the node and the distance between the current node and the next hop nodes. SARP let the nodes broadcast HELLO messages periodically to obtain the neighbor information. We describe SARP, implement it and evaluate its performance using NS-2 network simulator. Simulation results reveal that SARP achieves better performance in terms of the packet delivery fraction, throughput and normalized routing load, which is respectively compared with AODV.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xueli Zheng
AU  - Qian Qi
AU  - Qingwen Wang
AU  - Yongqiang Li
PY  - 2018/01
DA  - 2018/01
TI  - A Stable Ant-based Routing Protocol for Flying Ad Hoc Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 4th International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Computer (MACMC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 410
EP  - 416
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/macmc-17.2018.77
DO  - 10.2991/macmc-17.2018.77
ID  - Zheng2018/01
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