Design of a clustering protocol and a Trust model for service discovery in Mobile ad hoc networks

Abstract

newlineA MANET is a network of mobile nodes connected by wireless newlineLinks The MANET does not have a fixed infrastructure that allows nodes to newlineset up a temporary network for instantaneous communication The MANET is newlineused in application scenarios such as disasters and emergencies mobile newlineconferencing battlefield communication and civil unrest newlineIn MANETs the clustering technique allows the mobile nodes to newlinedivide into different clusters based on certain criteria Since the mobile nodes newlinein the clustered ad hoc networks can exchange and share each others services newlinea Service Discovery Protocol SDP is needed The SDP allows the mobile newlinenodes in clusters to locate and share services Since the nodes in MANETs are newlineorganized in uncontrolled environments and communicate with each other the newlinebehavior of these nodes changes with time and the environmental conditions newlineThus trust is important to compute the nodes behavior and to provide newlineservices to trusted service requester nodes newlineThis research has focused on designing a Clustering protocol and a newlineService discovery with Trust for Mobile Ad Hoc Network newline newline