DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED SECURITY AIDED AND GROUP ENCOUNTER PROPHET ROUTING PROTOCOL OF AN OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORK

📄 Project Abstract

One of the requirements for enabling two nodes to communicate through a network is the existence of a fully connected path between them. However, there are scenarios in wireless networks where this is not the case and yet nodes still need to communicate freely. Despite concerted efforts to resolve this problem of unconnected wireless nodes trying to relay crucial information, network users still experience significant communication challenges owing to failures or non-existence of critical infrastructural links between nodes and their security challenges. This research work is aimed at enhancing the security component of PRoPHET routing protocol by incorporating internodes cooperation. Simulation was carried out using the opportunistic network environment (ONE). This report presents the modeled opportunistic network using the security aided and group encounter forPRoPHET routing protocol. Node cooperation technique was developed and incorporated into the security aided and groups encoun...