WELL-ORGANIZED AD-HOC ROUTING PROTOCOL BASED ON COLLABORATIVE TRUST-BASED SECURE ROUTING

Communication privacy is becoming an essential security requirement for mission critical communications and communication infrastructure protection. Wireless networking is an emerging technology that allows users to access information and services electronically, regardless of their geographic position. The use of wireless communication between mobile users has become increasingly popular due to recent performance advancements in computer and wireless technologies. This has led to lower prices and higher data rates, which are the two main reasons why mobile computing is expected to see increasingly widespread use and applications The current existing Authenticated Routing for Ad Hoc Networks (ARAN) secure routing protocol is capable of defending itself against most malicious nodes and their different attacks. However, ARAN is not capable of defending itself against any authenticated selfish node participating in the network.