TY - JOUR T1 - RRNN-AODV: A Reputation Routing Based on Nearest Neighbor in Mobile ad hoc Networks AU - Tamizarasu, K. AU - Rajaram, M. JO - International Journal of Soft Computing VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 141 EP - 145 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-9503 DO - ijscomp.2012.141.145 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijscomp.2012.141.145 KW - Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) KW -trust KW -reputation KW -Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) KW -NNR KW -India AB - Packet forwarding presents a difficult challenge in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) due to mobility, dynamic topology and lack of centralized management. Misbehavior due to selfishness or malice and lack of cooperation among nodes severely degrades the performance of the network. Most of the ad hoc routing protocol assumes that all the nodes are reliable and cooperative which is not true. Implementing security mechanisms including cryptographic techniques are overhead intensive and does not guarantee in performance improvement. In this study, an improved Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV), Nearest Neighbor Reputation (NNR) AODV is proposed. The focus in this research is to improve the performance of the network using reputation factors for route discovery. Another advantage of the proposed mechanism is enhanced security over the existing security mechanism. ER -