An ant routing algorithm for wireless mesh network

Ant colony optimization is being used to solve problems in many scientific fields. In this paper we apply an ant routing algorithm to multi-radio and multi-channel wireless mesh networks. The proposed algorithm introduces ants encountering scheme to imitate the natural process of information sharing between the individuals of an intelligent swarm. Simulation of the routing shows that this new routing algorithm works well in terms of speed of convergence and recovery from failure. Moreover, the proposed algorithm adapts to the changing traffic and performs better than other ant-based routing.