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Detection of Packet Dropping Nodes in Wireless Mesh Networks

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Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks (ACN 2019)

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Wireless mesh network (WMN) is a wireless ad hoc network which uses mesh topology to connect the radio nodes together and it is prone to vulnerabilities due to its open architecture. Packet loss is the major issue due to its open wireless physical media, frequent topological changes, scalability and power constraints. In general, packet drops in WMN during transmission may happen due to mobility or buffer overflow or power depletion or malicious behavior of the intermediate nodes which degrades the performance of WMN. This paper proposes an adaptive dynamic source routing protocol (ADSR) to detect the misbehaving node using the cross-layer approach that performs packet dropping and reroute the packets using the alternate paths. These packet drops are identified precisely in this work, which significantly reduces false positive rate of detection of malicious nodes. The performance of ADSR is analyzed using a mathematical model by considering the characteristics of a node’s behavior. Using extensive simulations, the performances are thoroughly analyzed and evaluated and compared with traditional dynamic source routing (DSR), Watchdog (WD), Bait-DSR (BDSR) protocols. Simulation results show that with negligible increase in overhead, this protocol provides secured routes with an increased packet delivery ratio (PDR) and throughput.

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  1. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Thillaikarasi & S. Mary Saira Bhanu

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  1. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

    Sabu M. Thampi

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

    Elizabeth Sherly

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, USA

    Soura Dasgupta

  4. Department of Communications, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  5. School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jemal H. Abawajy

  6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia

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    Jimson Mathew

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Thillaikarasi, R., Mary Saira Bhanu, S. (2020). Detection of Packet Dropping Nodes in Wireless Mesh Networks. In: M. Thampi, S., et al. Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks. ACN 2019. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 125. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3852-0_3

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