Performance evaluation of routing protocols in large size disaster scenario

Abstract

Peoples in the disastrous areas under collapsed buildings or landslides need to be rescued in seventy-two hours. Ad hoc networks have been proved to be suitable for various disaster scenarios since no infrastructure needs to be deployed for communication. In this paper, various ad hoc routing protocols such as destination distance vector routing protocol, dynamic source routing protocol, ad hoc on demand routing protocol etc. are discussed and analyzed in such disaster scenario using disaster area mobility model on large size. Disaster area mobility model is more desirable in such scenario. Also these protocols are compared using various performance qualitative and quantitative metrics such as packet delivery ratio, delay, throughput, control overhead and energy etc.