期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology (IJARCET)
印刷版ISSN：2278-1323
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：12
页码：4167-4172
出版社：Shri Pannalal Research Institute of Technolgy
摘要：A Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a group of wireless mobile computers (or nodes); in which nodes collaborate by forwarding packets for each other to allow them to communicate outside range of direct wireless transmission without using any pre-existing infrastructure. The highly dynamic nature of MANET coupled with limited bandwidth and battery power imposes severe restrictions on routing protocols especially on achieving the routing stability. Due to all these constraints, designing of a routing protocol is still a challenging task for researchers. In this paper an attempt has been made to evaluate and compare the performance of two most commonly used on-demand-driven routing protocols named as AODV and DSR. The performance of both these routing protocols has been simulated using QualNet 5.0 simulator. The results show that neither of the protocol is better in all situations. For some parameters one outperforms the other and vice-versa as reported in the paper. The conclusions drawn in the paper can be useful in selecting the better routing protocol depending upon various parameters under consideration.
