Node Mobility and Encounter Rate Metrics to Enhance Stability in MANET

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) have been broadly functional in a wide variety of scenarios, for example, in disaster recovery, health care, video conferencing, and battlefield transmissions. MANET is an independent and peer-to-peer network which builds a chain of nodes to enable data transmission from sender to receiver. Hop count is measured as the most significant metric in MANET. Though several metrics have been introduced as the replacement for the hop count metric, there is a need for outperformance in mobile scenarios. The node mobility will affect the link stability, and it creates congestion. To solve these issues, a Node Mobility and Encounter Rate metrics (NMER) to enhance the stability of the network. It selects the route based on the node mobility and Encounter Rate (ER) metrics. The congestion ingredient measures the congestion level in the MANET. The objective of this route has the least cost for forward data packets and minimizes congestion. The NMER approach simulation results demonstrate that the NMER approach minimizes the packet loss ratio and reduces the network delay.