TITLE:
A Review of Artificial Immune System Based Security Frameworks for MANET
AUTHORS:
Lincy Elizebeth Jim, Mark A. Gregory
KEYWORDS:
Artificial Immune System, MANET, Security, Routing
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
25,
2016
ABSTRACT: Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are collections of wireless mobile
devices that form a communication network with restricted broadcast range,
limited resources and without fixed infrastructure. Routing is a critical
function in multi-hop MANETs. At the same time, security in MANETs—especially
routing security—presents a number of new and interesting challenges.
Communication is achieved by relaying data along routes that are dynamically
discovered and maintained through collaboration between the nodes. Advances in
the field of artificial immune systems provide an opportunity to improve MANET
security and performance. Artificial immune systems mimic the functionality of
the human immune system wherein there is clear distinction between self and non
self and this delineation is important in a MANET where there is no centralized
management. The high level of protection provided to the human body by an
evolved immune system can be applied as a security feature in MANET. The
current security techniques proposed for MANET have varying degrees of success
due to the dynamic nature of a MANET. This paper will review different strategies
for the application of artificial immune systems to MANETs.