CBSRP: Cluster Based Secure Routing Protocol

Abstract

Cluster Based Secure Routing Protocol (CBSRP) is a MANET routing protocol that ensures secure key management and communication between mobile nodes. It uses Digital Signature and One Way Hashing technique for secure communication. According to CBSRP, it forms a group of small clusters consist of 4-5 nodes and after that the communication takes place between mobile nodes. Inside a cluster, there is always a cluster node or cluster head. The cluster head inside the cluster is not permanent as other nodes stay in the queue and based on the priority new cluster node or cluster head is elected from rest of the node. Inside a cluster, mobile nodes are authenticated using One Way Hashing concept and Digital Signature is not necessary inside cluster communication. For Cluster-Cluster authentication we proposed to use Digital Signature. CBSRP ensures secure communication which will be energy efficient as we segmented the whole network into small set of clusters.