Evaluation of normalized routing load for MANET

Abstract

Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile nodes forming a temporary network without any pre-existing network infrastructure. The stable routing over such a network is a very critical task as the wireless links are highly error prone and can go down frequently due to dynamic network topology. In this paper, evaluation of prominent on-demand routing protocols i.e. DSR and AODV has been done by varying the network size. An effort has been carried out to do the performance evaluation of these protocols using random way point model. The simulator used is NS 2.34. The performance of either protocol has been studied by using a self created network scenario and by analyzing normalized routing load with respect to pause time. Based on the performance evaluation, recommendations have been made about the significance of the protocol under various circumstances. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.