Lifetime Improvement Through Suitable Next Hop Nodes Using Forwarding Angle in FANET

One of the burgeoning ad hoc networks that take advantage of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to coordinate and share the information with one another and to forward the desired data to the intended destination or ground station is usually insinuated as Flying ad hoc network (FANET). FANET provides new ways of information sharing in several applications of the military- and civilian-based communication systems. Nevertheless, due to the dynamic topological structure in FANET, it has many distinctive challenges; a key one is the effective and reliable sharing of messages with the destination. Consequently, choosing the most effective node and link according to the desired objectives within the defined vicinity play a vital role. Particularly, in this regard, a Lifetime improvement through suitable next-hop nodes (LISN) using forwarding angle by establishing the forwarding zone in FANET has been proposed. The forwarding zone is created to spot the front relative nodes. Among the front relatives, the most effective appropriate node is chosen with a comparatively higher energy state. LISN is analyzed using ns-2.35 and compared with ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) and Robust and reliable predictive based routing (RARP) protocols. The results show that LISN enhances the lifetime of the network as compared to AODV and RARP.