Energy efficient and QoS aware trustworthy routing protocol for MANET using hybrid optimization algorithms

Abstract

The security challenges in MANETs are particularly difficult to address. To assess the reliability of each mobile node, factors such as location, mobility speed, energy usage, transmission count, and neighbor list are considered. This research proposes the Intelligent Dynamic Trust (IDT) paradigm to enhance security in wireless networks. For secure routing, IDT combines beta reputation trust with dynamic trust. Performance analysis was conducted using Network Simulator 3.36, with metrics such as throughput, energy consumption, packet delivery ratio, jitter, end-to-end delay, packet loss rate, detection rate, and routing overhead. The results show that the proposed approach outperforms existing methods.