Comparative Study of Aodv, Dsr, and DSDV Routing Protocols in a Wireless Network

Abstract

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile nodes that establish a network dynamically and without the help of centralized management. Furthermore, each node in MANET travels at random, causing the multi-hop network architecture to change at unpredictable periods. There are various well-known routing protocols, such as AODV, DSR, and DSDV, which have been presented as a means of delivering communication amongst all nodes in a wireless network. Using the NS-2 simulator, this research compares and studies the performance of reactive and proactive protocols AODV, DSR, and DSDV based on metrics such as throughput, control overhead, packet delivery ratio, and average end-to-end delay.