The underwater acoustic sensor network (UASN) employed in deep water for resource monitoring and communication. Conventionally, the data in UASN routed by routing protocols such as CRP and DRP. CRP and DRP uses multipath routing protocol which involves control packet mechanism to coordinate data forwarding between source and destination node. The control packet mechanism increases network resource consumption, causes packet latency and network overhead. In this work, nature inspired Whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is implemented, which mimics the bubble net hunting strategy to search and provide optimal nodes for data transmission while utilising the network resource effectively. The WOA implemented in NS2-Aqua sim with thirty nodes and the performance compares with CRP and DRP to evaluate WOA algorithm effectiveness. Result shows WOA performs well in terms of throughput, packet deliver ratio, energy consumption and end to end delay.
Volume 11 | 08-Special Issue
Pages: 3288-3295