A Performance Comparison of the Ad Hoc Network Protocols

Author

Feng, Qian ; Cai, Zhongmin ; Yang, Jin ; Hu, Xunchao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

297

Abstract

Simulation and comparison of the routing protocols for network topology hold a significant position in the performance evaluation of wireless networks. This paper aims to experimentally compare and analyze the performance of four wireless network protocols in ad hoc network: AODV, DSR, DSDV, and OLSR. In the experiments, these protocols are simulated using NS2 environment. The comparison results suggest that DSDV and OLSR perform better in the small networks or the network with strict requirement on time, whereas AODV and DSR are more adaptable in the large scale networks or networks with high throughputs.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; performance evaluation; routing protocols; telecommunication network topology; AODV; DSDV; DSR; NS2 environment; OLSR; ad hoc network routing protocols; large scale networks; telecommunication network topology; wireless network performance evaluation; Ad hoc networks; Analytical models; Computer science; Delay effects; Measurement; Performance analysis; Routing protocols; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; ad hoc network; ad hoc protocols; network simulation; performance analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Engineering, 2009. WCSE '09. Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3881-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCSE.2009.816

Filename

5403292