Distributed Security and Reliable Routing In the Cluster-Based Ad Hoc Network

Abstract

In mobile ad hoc networks, security and routing schemes are suggested by many ways. Some proposals use anonymous paths to protect communications with security and privacy against traffic analysis. Most anonymous communications are implemented with a global view of the wire network. One study provides to establish anonymous routing paths with distributed route construction algorithm in ad hoc networks. However, the algorithm does not have the reliability characteristic. The ad hoc network is often formed in groups. It is believed that the cluster-based network is easy to manage and solve network related problems. In this paper, we provide reliable communications to recover the remaining anonymous routing path in a cluster-based ad hoc network after a link was broken or a participant left its routing chain. We also give algorithms about the reliable anonymous communications to verify our proposal.