Title: ARPM: Agent-based Routing Protocol for MANET

Authors: Helen Bakhsh, Manal Abdullah

Addresses: Collage of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ' Collage of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Routing problem in MANETs has become challenging because of the advances in mobile wireless technologies and infrastructures. Mobile Agent|s (MA) technologies are ideal for such environments, it offers a promising solution of routing problems, where it can reduce network traffic and maintain load balancing, and thereby increasing routing performance. In this paper, we have proposed an agent-based Routing Protocol for MANET (ARPM) that is a multi-agent-based protocol, which makes nodes in the network topology-aware. ARPM has been implemented and tested using QualNet simulator.

Keywords: mobile agents; MANET; QualNet simulator; routing protocols; performance analysis; internet protocol; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent-based systems; network traffic reduction; load balancing; mobile networks; ad hoc networks; routing performance; network topology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPT.2008.020471

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, 2008 Vol.3 No.2, pp.136 - 146

Published online: 27 Sep 2008 *

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