Enhancing the "Willingness" on the OLSR Protocol: Methodology on Experimenting the Real Testbed

Mobile ad-hoc networks are infrastructure-free and highly dynamics wireless networks. There are many routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks (MANET). One of the popular routing protocols is optimized link state routing (OLSR). OLSR was developed to work independently from higher-layer protocols and it creates an underlying architecture for communication without the help of traditional fixed-position routers. In addition, OLSR attempts to maintain the communication routes for the mobile nodes that have limited transmission range. The methodology on implementing the real testbed on enhancing the "willingness" on the OLSR protocol is discussed in this paper. It is also described the requirement and the implementation needs for the OLSR of the ad hoc nodes. To conclude, the experiments is successfully done and the results show the improvement for the OLSR nodes to maximize the battery power sources usage on the MANET by enhancing the "willingness" on the OLSR protocol.