International Journal of Engineering and Technology

Security and Route identification are the major challenges in MANETs. Existing neighbour based routing algorithms provide route based on the quantity of data transferred [1] which may result in congestion. This is because the route having higher amount of transaction is preferred every time. In this paper we propose a Friend Based Routing algorithm [FBRA] for solving this problem. Here, the appropriate route is found not only based on the quantity of data transferred but also considers RSS and RTT. For providing re-authentication to the nodes in the network, FBRA uses Zero-Knowledge Protocol. The main advantage of this method is providing enhanced security and distinguishes the malicious nodes from the trusted nodes in the network.