DESIGN OF SECURE ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS

The characteristics of Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) allows to call it as selfgoverning system of nodes in mobility and such mobile nodes are connected by wireless links. The MANET comes under class of wireless networks, particularly under infrastructure-less category. In MANET, the node acts as a termination system, also as an intermediate node and packet being forwarded by such node popularly called as router. The MANET nodes are in mobility therefore they change their locations. The node are enough capable to organize within them in turn changes happen dynamically for the current topology in which the node are. The major concern with respect to MANET nodes is, forming an optimum level and ideally an efficient route between any two parties wish to participate in exchange packets. It is the principal worry of the protocols related to the routing mechanism in MANET.