Trust Based Dynamic Source Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
John A Keane · Trinity's Access to Research Output (TARA) (Trinity College Dublin) · 2002
The notion of an ad hoc network is a new paradigm that allows mobile hosts (called nodes) to communicate without relying on a predefined infrastructure to keep the network connected. Most nodes are assumed to be mobile and communication is generally assumed to be wireless. Ad hoc networks are collaborative in the sense that each node is assumed to relay packets for other nodes that will in return rlay their packets. Thus, all nodes in an ad hoc network form part of the network's routing infrastructure. The mobility of nodes in an ad hoc network means that both the population and the topology of the network are highly dynamic.