Name:MRO-Manets
Description:Manage Reputation over MANETs
Abstract:The use of small portables and mobile devices has made MANETs<BR/><BR/>(Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) very popular. A MANET is a network<BR/><BR/>composed by a group of mobile nodes without any fixed device or a<BR/><BR/>central coordination. They work in an open net and their<BR/><BR/>collaboration is the sole means to allow communications and the<BR/><BR/>survival of the MANET itself.<BR/><BR/>A critical issue is to assess the behaviour of the nodes that<BR/><BR/>participate in the network, possibly identifying selfish conduct<BR/><BR/>that can compromise the functioning of the system. This paper<BR/><BR/>shows a method to evaluate the behaviour of all nodes by<BR/><BR/>establishing a reputation value that represents the<BR/><BR/>trustworthiness of each node.<BR/><BR/>A protocol is presented to calculate the reputation of a node by<BR/><BR/>locally observing the node from another one, and then tuning this<BR/><BR/>intermediate value with additional observations from other<BR/><BR/>participants. When the reputation value of a node is available, it<BR/><BR/>is circulated and distributed uniformly over the network.<BR/><BR/>This reputation protocol is viable. Each node can efficiently<BR/><BR/>calculate the reputation values of its neighbours and then of all<BR/><BR/>network nodes. A variety of simulations conducted using the<BR/><BR/>network simulator NS-2 strongly support these claims.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><b>Software requirements</b>: NS-2^
Created:2010-05-01
Last updated:2010-05-01
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