Fuzzy Reputation Based Trust Mechanism for Mitigating Attacks in MANET

Mobile Ad-hoc Networks(MANET)usage across the globe is increas-ing by the day.Evaluating a node’s trust value has significant advantages since such network applications only run efficiently by involving trustable nodes.The trust values are estimated based on the reputation values of each node in the network by using different mechanisms.However,these mechanisms have various challenging issues which degrade the network performance.Hence,a novel Quality of Service(QoS)Trust Estimation with Black/Gray hole Attack Detection approach is proposed in this research work.Initially,the QoS-based trust estimation is proposed by using a Fuzzy logic scheme.The trust value of each node is estimated by using each node’s reputation values which are deter-mined based on the fuzzy membership function values and utilizing QoS para-meters such as residual energy,bandwidth,node mobility,and reliability.This mechanism prevents only the black hole attack in the network during transmis-sion.But,the gray hole attacks are not identified which in turn increases the pack-et drop rate significantly.Hence,the gray hole attack is also detected based on the Kullback-Leibler(KL)divergence method used for estimating the statistical mea-sures.Additional QoS metrics are considered to prevent the gray hole attack,such as packet loss,packet delivery ratio,and delay for each node.Thus,the proposed mechanism prevents both black hole and gray hole attacks simultaneously.Final-ly,the simulation results show that the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism compared with the other trust-aware routing protocols in MANET.

Computerised Gate Firing Control for 17-Level MLI using Staircase PWM

A basic 7-level MLI topology is developed and the same is extended to the 9-level then further increased to 17-levels.The developed structure minimizes the component’s count and size to draw out the system economy.Despite the various advantages of MLIs,efficiency and reliability play a major role since the usage of components is higher for getting a low Total Harmonics Distortion(THD)value.This becomes a major challenge incorporated in boosting the efficiency without affecting the THD value.Various parametric observations are done and realized for the designed 9-level and 17-level MLI,being the Total Standing Voltage(TSV),efficiency,cost function per level count,and power loss.The respective parameters are compared with several existing and modern circuits and found to be effective in their performance.A novel single-phase 17-level asymmetrical Multi-Level Inverter(MLI)topology is developed to reduce the number of overall components.The developed topology generates 17-levels by using unequal DC sources.The developed MLI is proved under various tests con-ducted experimentally for the various loads like resistive,inductive,and combinational loads.A detailed comparison is done on several factors and represented graphically represented.Further,the proposed design provides a less TSV value is 6 V_(dc),efficiency is 94.21%and cost factor per level CF/L value for both values ofαis 2.01 and 2.05 and devices count with a low THD value 41.4%with respectively.