Comparative Study and Analysis of Wireless Mobile Adhoc Networks Routing Protocols

Abstract

The process of selecting the routing protocols is one of the most important decisions to be made in the design of an Ad hoc network. There are many characteristics that mainly affect the network, and the most important characteristics represented by routing protocol are: strengthen robustness, scalability, and quality of service (QoS) of a network. Additionally, the chosen protocol has to be optimal in terms of data transfer and data integrity. The process of examining protocols and their performances is a highly important step while choosing the proper protocols for any network. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the major routing protocols used in mobile ad hoc network, namely AODV, DSD, and DSR. We performed a simulation based comparative analysis of the ad hoc for reactive and proactive routing protocols. Results showed that DSDV has a better performance in terms of packet drop rate, throughput, energy consumption and end to end delay comparing to other analysed protocols.