This document discusses load balancing in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) using an ant-based algorithm. It first provides background on MANETs and describes how ant colony optimization principles are applied. The ant-based algorithm uses pheromone trails laid down virtually by packets to determine routes probabilistically. It operates in three phases: route discovery using forward ants, route maintenance to update pheromone counts, and route failure handling to enable load balancing. Key performance metrics like packet delivery ratio and end-to-end delay are improved over protocols like AODV due to the ant algorithm's ability to balance traffic load across multiple routes.