A Comparative Performance Analysis of AODV, DSR and DSDV Protocol for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

Abstract: The quick growth of mobile communication in current years is especially observed in the field of mobile system, wireless local area network, and ubiquitous computing. In this vast of time, ad-hoc networks are extremely active networks characterized by the lack of physical infrastructure. Hubs of this system�s capacity as switch which find and keeps up the route to different hubs in the system. Therefore, for ad-hoc network, routing protocol plays a significant task for building an efficient network. The plan of efficient routing protocols is a basic problem in a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET). Lots of different protocols have been proposed in the literature, each one based on dissimilar characteristics and properties. In this paper, an attempt has been complete to compare three well known routing protocols Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (AODV), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) by using three presentation metrics packet delivery ratio (PDR), Routing Overhead and Remain Energy by using the NS-2.34 simulator.

Keywords: AODV, DSR, DSDV, NS2, MANET, Routing Protocol.