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As the actual links in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are dynamic, the feasible path generated may not exist during the transmission of multimedia data. There is a need for generating multiple paths for guaranteed transmission. The multi-path finding can be achieved through a genetic-based algorithm that faces the major challenge in quality-of-service (QoS)-aware routing. To enhance the QoS communication over the MANETs, an exponential genetic algorithm (GA)-based stable and load-aware QoS routing protocol (SLAQR) is proposed in this paper. This paper chiefly focuses on the enhancement of the GA-based routing algorithm by including exponential function in the searching process and modifying the fitness function, which incorporates QoS metrics like the node’s static resource capacity, dynamic resource availability, neighborhood quality, and link quality. The originality of the proposed protocol comes from the fact that it introduces multiple parameters into the route quality computation and integrates the exponential function into the GA. For experimental validation, the simulation of the proposed method is done and the results are compared with existing protocols such as GAQR (GA-Based QoS Routing), QMRB-AODV (QoS Mobile Routing Backbone Over Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing), and EISGA (Ensemble of Immigrant Strategies with Genetic Algorithm). From the outcome, we conclude that the delivery ratio, throughput, and delay of our proposed SLAQR approach have improved the GAQR approach by 58%, 56%, and 97%, respectively.

Purpose Multimedia applications such as digital audio and video have stringent quality of service (QoS) requirement in mobile ad hoc network. To support wide range of QoS, complex routing protocols with multiple QoS constraints are necessary. In QoS routing, the basic problem is to find a path that satisfies multiple QoS constraints. Moreover, mobility, congestion and packet loss in dynamic topology of network also leads to QoS performance degradation of protocol. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors proposed a multi-path selection scheme for QoS aware routing in mobile ad hoc network based on fractional cuckoo search algorithm (FCS-MQARP). Here, multiple QoS constraints energy, link life time, distance and delay are considered for path selection. Findings The experimentation of proposed FCS-MQARP is performed over existing QoS aware routing protocols AOMDV, MMQARP, CS-MQARP using measures such as normalized delay, energy and throughput. The extensive simulation study of the proposed FCS-based multipath selection shows that the proposed QoS aware routing protocol performs better than the existing routing protocol with maximal energy of 99.1501 and minimal delay of 0.0554. Originality/value This paper presents a hybrid optimization algorithm called the FCS algorithm for the multi-path selection. Also, a new fitness function is developed by considering the QoS constraints such as energy, link life time, distance and delay.

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