A comparative study on security features in MANETs routing protocols

Abstract EN

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of multi-hop wireless mobile nodes that communicate with each other without centralized control or established infrastructure.

MANETs has a wide range of applications, ranging from mobile phone application to military applications.

As the application of MANETs increases, the attacks on MANETs also increase.

Due to mobility of nodes, frequent link breakage carry out, and it's widely use, MANET’s routing is considered as a challenging job.

A vast range of research is being conducted to keep routing in MANETs robust and secure.

One of the major research areas is routing privacy.

This paper presents a description of routing protocols that have the major challenges in ad hoc networks with a particular focus on their characteristics, functionality, and security features and makes their comparative analysis.

Further, this study will help the researchers to get an overview of the existing protocols and suggest which protocols may perform better with respect to varying network scenarios.