A Novel Taxonomy of Black-Hole Attack Detection Techniques in Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET)

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are characterized by the lack of infrastructure, dynamic topology, and their use of the open wireless medium. Black-hole attack represents a major threat for such type of networks. The purpose of this paper is two folds. First, to present an extensive survey of the known black-hole detection and prevention approaches. Another objective is to present new dimensions for their classification.