A Novel Technique to Protect and Isolate Selective Packet Drop Attack in MANET

Abstract: Wireless Networking is a technology in which two or more computers are communicating with each other. It can have a fixed infrastructure or it may not comprise of any infrastructure. MANET is one of the types of wireless networking which is a self configuring network in which a node can join or leave the system at any time. The nodes can form any topology as per the requirement for the given situation. Various routing protocols are used in MANET that can be reactive like AODV or proactive like DSDV or hybrid protocols like ZRP. There are many types of attacks which are possible to be triggered in MANET. In this paper we will focus on selective packet drop of selective forwarding attack. This packet reduces the throughput of the system. A novel technique will be proposed which will reduce packet drop problem. Experimental result shows that the proposed technique gives better results as compared to existing technique.

Keywords: MANET, security and selective packet drop