Performance evaluation of TCP congestion control variants using ad hoc on-demand distance vector routing

Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without the use of any existing network infrastructure. This paper presents the comparative performance analysis of Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector routing for mobile ad hoc networks with different versions of TCP congestion control. A network simulator has been used for performance evaluation of Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing in this paper. To compare the performance of this protocol, the simulation results were analyzed using Quality of Service metrics such as throughput, packet delivery ratio, packet loss and average end to-end delay. The results presented in this paper clearly indicate that the Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector routing achieves maximum throughput, higher packet delivery ratio and less average end to end delay when TCP congestion control agent used is TCP Vegas. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media.