Improving FANET Communication with a QoS Optimized Location-Aided Routing Protocol

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms play an essential role in emergency communication situation, especially when conventional infrastructure is under attack. Making effective routing protocols for Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANETs) is a challenging task. Current routing protocols-which were frequently created for MANETs and VANETs-assume that UAV nodes move randomly, which is inappropriate in mission-oriented applications. The purpose of this research is to alleviate network bottlenecks in mission-oriented UAV swarms by proposing a novel 3D cone-shaped location-aided routing protocol with increased Quality of Service (QoS), called LARP-EQ. Modified Location Aided Routing protocol (MLARP) balances power consumption and end-to-end (E2E) delay to maximize network performance. The outcomes of the simulation demonstrate significant improvements in 20% Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), 15% average end-to-end delay and better energy consumption over the current standards.