Abstract:
In Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET), the challenging problem is the designing of the selfadapted,
self-organized and self-configured routing protocols. Ant Colony Routing (ACR) is
the member of routing protocols which are based on Swarm Intelligence (SI). As per the
properties of MANET networks, node has limited energy; mobility, and signal uncertainty,
traditional routing protocols may not give good results. So, they are not longer applicable. So,
as a solution of this problem, we are using cross layer approach for routing algorithm, based
on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). It will merge mobile agents and ant colony optimization
technology. Our proposed strategy is working with information of link layer, network layer
and application layer actively to get optimized route in large scale Mobile Ad-Hoc Network.
