Title: Hybrid optimisation-based reliable routing with traffic management and congestion control

Authors: Kaveri Kori; Sridevi Hosmani

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India ' Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India

Abstract: Reliable routing with traffic management in VANET is the most critical aspect to be solved on an emergency basis. There is a need for a trust computing system adapted to the peculiarities of VANETs to deal with the significant factors of road safety. The purpose of this work is to suggest a new improved trust-based methodology for dependable transmission. To transmit the data packet efficiently, the cluster head selection and optimal routing process takes place. The Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (FCM) technique is employed to select the cluster head, in which the node with high energy is selected as the cluster head. Followed by, a novel hybrid optimisation named the Beluga Whale-Assisted Coati Optimisation (BWACO) algorithm is proposed, which is the combination of the Beluga Whale Optimisation (BWO) and Coati Optimisation Algorithm (COA). The greatest mobility offered using the BWACO approach is -146.386 at the median statistical metric.

Keywords: trust-based protocol; traffic; energy; distance; mobility.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGUC.2025.143876

International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, 2025 Vol.16 No.1, pp.41 - 59

Received: 10 Nov 2023
Accepted: 01 Mar 2024
Published online: 12 Jan 2025 *