A multi-path mobile Ad Hoc routing algorithm based on ant colony optimization algorithm

Routing algorithm has been well studied as a hotspot in wireless Ad Hoc networks. However, due to the strictly limited resources, few routing algorithm take into account extending the network lifetime and achieves an improving performance using multi-path and ant colony algorithm as the main goal. The paper is to aim at the problem of network transmission efficiency and allocation of network traffic in Ad Hoc. A multi-path route protocol is based on ant colony algorithm. The algorithm selects the path according to transmission latency, path of the energy rate, congestion rate and dynamic rate. The algorithm updates the routing table in term of dynamic collection of path information after the establishment of the path. The simulation result shows that algorithm, increases the network throughput, reduces the average end-to-end packet transmission latency, extends the network lifetime and achieves an improving performance. © 2012 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l.