Design of a proficient hybrid protocol for efficient route discovery and secure data transmission in CEAACK MANETs

We propose a novel protocol which provides an efficient route discovery technique along with a competent Three Fish algorithm. This is based on understanding the neighbouring clusters and efficiently using this information to reduce the routing overhead in CEAACK MANETs. The proposed protocol is used to determine the forwarding order and exploit the neighbour coverage knowledge more effectively. The novel distributed routing protocol guarantees security, anonymity and high reliability of the established route in a hostile environment, such as an ad hoc wireless network, by encrypting the routing packet header and abstaining from using unreliable intermediate nodes. The major objective of our protocol is to allow trustworthy intermediate nodes to participate in the path construction protocol without jeopardizing the anonymity of the communicating nodes. An enhanced three fish Algorithm is used to ensure the safety of the data during a transmission by using a unique key during the encryption and decryption process. We describe our protocol, STFDR (Secure Three Fish Distributed Routing), and provide its proof of correctness.